The Balkans, 1804-2012 : nationalism, war and the great powers   

• Product Details

  Product #

  2187566B

  Author(s)

  Glenny, Misha

  City

  London 

  Country

  United Kingdom 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9781847087713 

  Date of Publication

  2012 

  Publisher

  Granta Books  

  Cover Type

  Soft cover 

  Pages

  720 

  Subject

  History, 19th Century and Earlier

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Glenny, Misha

  Publisher

  Granta Books  

• Description

  Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe, and presents sharply observed portraits of its kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals, and politicians. Glenny shows that groups we think of as implacable enemies have, over the centuries, formed unlikely alliances, thereby disputing the idea that conflict in the Balkans is the ineluctable product of ancient grudges. He explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the rest of Europe, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.