The Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars
Author: Andre Gerolymatos
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786724579

When it comes to the Balkans, most people quickly become lost in the quagmire of struggle and intractable hatred that consumes that ancient land today. Many assume that the genesis of the past ten years of atrocity in the region might have had something to do with Tito and his repressive Yugoslav regime, or perhaps with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914. The seeds were really planted much, much earlier, on a desolate plain in Kosovo in 1389, when the Serbian Prince Lazar and his army clashed with and were defeated by the Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad I. In this riveting new history of the Balkan peoples, Andréerolymatos explores how ancient events engendered cultural myths that evolved over time, gaining psychic strength in the collective consciousnesses of Orthodox Christians and Muslims alike. In colorful detail, we meet the key figures that instigated and perpetuated these myths-including the assassin/heroes Milos Obolic and Gavrilo Princip and the warlord Ali Pasha. This lively survey of centuries of strife finally puts the modern conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo into historical context, and provides a long overdue account of the origins of ethnic hatred and warmongering in this turbulent land.

Essays on War and Society in East Central Europe, 1740-1920

Essays on War and Society in East Central Europe, 1740-1920
Author: Béla K. Király
Publisher: East European Monographs
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

This volume, the last volume of the monumental series on War and Society in Central and Eastern Europe, summarizes the literature on the subject through a series of individual studies by specialists.

The Economy of East Central Europe, 1815-1989

The Economy of East Central Europe, 1815-1989
Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2004-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134678762

From an expert in the field, this major survey includes new research and recent changes in the region and, reviewing two centuries of modernization, examines the history of Eastern European economies within a wider political and ideological context.