| Endgame in the Balkans: Regime Change, European Style Contributor(s): Pond, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815771606 ISBN-13: 9780815771609 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Can Europe tame the Balkans? Thats the question veteran journalist Elizabeth Pond addresses in this timely and absorbing book. Starting with the wars of the Yugoslav succession, Endgame in the Balkans guides readers through the regions tumultuous recent history and explores both how the lure of European Union (EU) membership has affected the Balkans and how Balkan developments have shaped the EU. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, as well as decades of experience as a foreign correspondent, Pond moves deftly across the region, from Bulgaria to Romania, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, and Serbia and Montenegro. She examines the many hurdles standing between these countries and EU membershipincluding poverty, corruption, and rabid chauvinismas well as the hopes and problems that have led Balkan leaders to look to the West. In the process, she paints a vivid picture of the challenges facing the region as it seeks to vault from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Already in its brief history, the European Union has forged a historic reconciliation between France and Germany and helped consolidate democracy in Portugal, Spain, and Greece. But in southeastern Europe, it faces one of its most difficult tasks yet. Endgame in the Balkans reveals the full extent of this challenge, as well as the grounds for hope. Rich in detail and penetrating analysis, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the future both of the region and of Europe as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 949.6 |
| LCCN: 2006025352 |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.24" W x 9.26" (1.63 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Balkan |