The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999
by Glenny, Misha
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1862070504
- ISBN 13
- 9781862070509
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Granta, 1999 1862070504. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine apart from slight bumping to spine. In VG DW which has one sellotape reinforcement but is intact and not price clipped. 276 pages including index. No annotations or inscriptions. Thick black hardbound: gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8vo. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xxvi, 726pp. Numerous maps within the pre-lim pages. This is a magisterial survey of the complex and bloody history of the Balkans by the distinguished former special correspondent. of the BBC in the area. This is a heavy book which will require some extra postage. .
Synopsis
This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical background to recent 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. Misha Glenny presents a lucid and fair-minded account of each national group in the Balkans and its struggle for statehood. The narrative is studded with sharply observed portraits of kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals, and politicians. Glenny also explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1872
- Title
- The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999
- Author
- Glenny, Misha
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1862070504
- ISBN 13
- 9781862070509
- Publisher
- Granta,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1999 1
- Keywords
- HISTORY, EUROPE, BALKANS, OTTOMAN, GREECE, SERBIA, BULGARIA, ROMANIA, SERBIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA, ALBANIA, MUSLIMS REBELLIONS WARS DICTATORSHIPS GENOCIDE COMMUNISM MILITARISM OCCUPATION LIBERATION
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David Edward Hellawell
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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