Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011
Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011 | Misha Glenny
3 posts | 3 read | 4 to read
A newly revised and updated edition of an award-winning BBC correspondent's magisterial history of the Balkan region This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical background to more than one hundred years of 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. Now updated to include the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, the capture of all indicted war criminals from the Yugoslav wars, and each state's quest for legitimacy in the European Union, "The Balkans" explores the often catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
Leftcoastzen
post image

#augustisatrip I guess I would know more about #croatia if I read this book! Of course I looked on the internet and saw a discussion that said Croatia is geographically the Balkans but not culturally the Balkans. Any better informed Littens please reply.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Is that a vintage phonograph or radio? I can‘t tell, but I love ❤️ it!!! 6y
Leftcoastzen @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks A genuine 1936 silvertone radio.A friend gave it to me and I love it so. All tubes in the back, still works. 6y
vkois88 Beautiful photo! Unfortunately, I can't add any helpful info to your post though 🤗 6y
See All 7 Comments
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Leftcoastzen wow!!! It‘s beautiful!!! 6y
Leftcoastzen @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thx ! I love old technology!😀 6y
Nebklvr Balkan history is a tangled web. Supposedly, Croatia was linked more to the West and Austria (Hapsburgs) and other areas linked more to East ...under rule of Turkey longer. Also, i think more Catholic in Croatia and more Orthodox and Muslim in Southern Slav areas. (edited) 6y
Leftcoastzen @Nebklvr Thanks ! That is helpful . 6y
47 likes1 stack add7 comments
blurb
Alisnazzy
post image

Missing my #KittenLitten (trying to get this hashtag going for all our book-loving kitties) #FBF

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I like that hashtag 8y
PenguinInFlight I like the hashtag! (And my #KittenLitten looks very similar to yours! His name is Oliver. 😻) 8y
Texreader I like the hashtag. I'm in!! 8y
Carol 💗 8y
88 likes4 comments
blurb
Alisnazzy
post image

It's #InternationalCatDay !! And my kitty is my favorite reading partner. Killian may sometimes try to sleep on my book, but he's too cute to get mad at. 😻

Merethebookgal 😍😻😍😻 8y
britt_brooke Love this photo! 8y
rubyslippersreads He looks very intellectual. 😸😸😸 8y
See All 11 Comments
RealLifeReading Great photo! 8y
JoeStalksBeck ❤️❤️❤️📖📚 8y
CherylDeFranceschi ❤️😻! 8y
MrBook 😻😻😻 8y
Simona @Ambrosnazzy I'm from ex Yugoslavia and I'm interesting in this book ... I would be very grateful if you could write main sources or at least, on what the book is based? 8y
Alisnazzy @Simona it's mainly just a history of the entire Balkan region. It goes into the Ottoman Empire's rule, the history of the religions of the area, and the effects of both world wars and the Cold War on the region. It doesn't really go into much depth on the conflicts arising from milosevic's rule (I think he wrote another book on that) but it's a really good book on the history leading up to the fall of Yugoslavia. 8y
Simona @Ambrosnazzy Thank you so much, I'm really grateful. 8y
Alisnazzy @Simona no problem! Glad I could help ☺️ 8y
54 likes11 comments