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The Balkans: A Short History

By Mark Mazower

Book information

Publisher
Modern Library, Random House Publishing Group
Year
2002
ISBN
081296621X, 9780812966213, 9780307431967
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1599536 bytes)
Series
Modern Library Chronicles
Pages
240\0
Time added
2013-12-27 13:58:30

Description

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In this highly acclaimed short history, Mark Mazower sheds light on what has been called the tinderbox of Europe, whose troubles have ignited wider wars for hundreds of years. Focusing on events from the emergence of the nation-state onward, The Balkans reveals with piercing clarity the historical roots of current conflicts and gives a landmark reassessment of the region’s history, from the world wars and the Cold War to the collapse of communism, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the continuing search for stability in southeastern Europe.

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