The Balkans Since the Second World War by R.J. Crampton


The Balkans Since the Second World War
Title : The Balkans Since the Second World War
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ISBN : 1317891163
ISBN-10 : 9781317891161
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 408
Publication : First published April 5, 2002

Since the collapse of Eastern European communism, the Balkans have been more prominent in world affairs than at any time since before the First World War. Crises in the area have led NATO to fire its first ever shots in anger, whilst international forces have been deployed on a scale and in a manner unprecedented in Europe since World War Two.An understanding of why this happened is impossible without some knowledge of the history of the area before the fall of communism, of how the communists came to power and how they used their authority thereafter. Covering the communist states of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia, and including Greece, Richard Crampton provides a highly readable introduction to that history, one that will be read by journalists, diplomats and anyone interested in the region and its impact on world politics today.

The Balkans Since the Second World War Reviews

  • Erazmo1986

    Actually this book deserves rating zero. This book doesn't have any connection with science this is just propaganda. I read that this guy is professor in Oxford university, historian, therefore he has obligation to be impartial, and everybody can see that he isn't. When I read a book I thought that this book wrote some PR NATO alliance, there is a lot inconsistencies, a lot the least problematic claims ( he speaks about siege of Sarajevo, bombing Markale by Serb where he claims that this is proved and I just want to ask where is a proof, masacre at village Racak where he says that Serbs killed civilians and this was the reason of NATO bombing, and today we know that they was soldiers who killed in battle, incident in Borovo Selo in Croatia when Serbs killed 12 Croatian ,,inoccent" policemen and there he didnt't tell the truth because we know that theese policemen attacked JNA etc). This guy is a proof that history sometimes is servant of politics. Terrible.