Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
by Robert D. Kaplan
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New York: Picador, 2005. New. Paperback. New. A history of war and genocide on the Balkan Peninsula. New tightly bound softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underling. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes a bibliography and an index. xxxi, 307 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From the back cover, "From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as 'the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date' (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.
This new edition of the Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From the back cover, "From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as 'the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date' (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.
This new edition of the Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.
Synopsis
A pessimistic overview of the history of the Balkans, from the beginning of World War I to the ethnic warfare of the 1990s, the Balkans have been rocked with poverty, struggle, and political dissent. This political travelogue focuses on the trouble in the Balkans, specifically the depravities of human nature; religious and cultural cleansing, genocide, and massive corruption.
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- Title
- Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
- Author
- Robert D. Kaplan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0312424930
- ISBN 13
- 9780312424930
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Genocide, Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Jews, Muslims, Jassy, Slobodan Milosevic, communism, Macedonia, Sofia Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Nicolae Ceausescu, war,
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