The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011Penguin, 25 sep 2012 - 800 pagina's This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical background to recent events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region, or offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, or explains so vividly the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania. Misha Glenny presents a lucid and fair-minded account of each national group in the Balkans and its struggle for statehood. The narrative is studded with sharply observed portraits of kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals, and politicians. Glenny also explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention. |
Inhoudsopgave
The realmofruins | |
A maze ofconspiracy | |
The empireofillusions | |
A house of wars War and peace 191424 | |
The palaces of deceit The royal dictatorships 192341 | |
City of the dead | |
Prisons of history | |
The Balkan vortex Nationalism war andNATO 198999 | |
Europe crime and economiccrisis 19992012 | |
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011 Misha Glenny Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2012 |
The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011 Misha Glenny Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2012 |
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