| Yugoslavia: A Concise History 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Benson, L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333792416 ISBN-13: 9780333792414 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: Today, only Serbia and (for now) Montenegro are what remain of the republics that once constituted Yugoslavia. The former Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, named Yugoslavia in 1929, has been a flashpoint of violence, terror, ethnic strife, and failed politics--and a mirror on the conflicts of the 20th century. From the first Serbian uprising against the Turks in 1804 to the coming trial and likely fate of Slobodan Milosevic, Leslie Benson provides a clear, concise guide to the making and unmaking of a nation, and what it means for a new century of nationalist conflicts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 949.7 |
| LCCN: 2001133052 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.7" W x 8.84" (1.04 lbs) 201 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yugoslavia: A Concise History surveys the whole turbulent course of the country's history, in the context of the struggles between great powers for control of the Balkans. Torn apart by nationalist rivalries, the first Yugoslavia lapsed into paralysis and dictatorship. Axis occupation in 1941 unleashed a murderous civil war, in which the Communist Party emerged victorious. Tito's Yugoslavia appeared to the world as a peaceful, multi-national federation, but in the end disintegrated amid barbarism unknown in Europe for half a century. This revised and fully updated edition explains why, and takes the events up to the arrest of Milosevic in 2001and beyond. |