Balkan Ghosts : A Journey Through History
by Kaplan, Robert D
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Nice copy
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 307pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Finest modern account of travels in the Balkans, especially interesting accounts of Croatia, old Serbia & Albania. ÔExposes the psychological realities of the best known but least understood Balkan state : GreeceÕ
Synopsis
A pessimistic overview of the history of the Balkans, from the beginning of World War I to the ethnic warfare of the 1990s, the Balkans have been rocked with poverty, struggle, and political dissent. This political travelogue focuses on the trouble in the Balkans, specifically the depravities of human nature; religious and cultural cleansing, genocide, and massive corruption.
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123116
- Title
- Balkan Ghosts : A Journey Through History
- Author
- Kaplan, Robert D
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- octavo
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...