The Balkans: 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers (new edition)

Author(s): Misha Glenny

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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.

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MISHA GLENNY was born in 1959 and educated at Bristol University and Charles University in Prague. His coverage of the fall of communism in 1989-90 was widely acclaimed. During the Yugoslavia crisis of the early 1990s he was Central Europe correspondent for the BBC World Service. In 1993 he won a Sony Award for his coverage of Yugoslavia. Glenny speaks German, Czech and Serbo-Croat and has lived and worked all over the Balkans. His books include DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You and the highly praised McMafia, 'one of the essential non-fiction works of our time'

General Fields

  • : 9781847087713
  • : Granta Books
  • : Granta Books
  • : August 2012
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2012
  • : February 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Misha Glenny
  • : Paperback
  • : 113
  • : en
  • : 949.6
  • : 720
  • : maps