Bosnia : A Short History - Softcover

Malcolm, Noel

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ISBN 10: 0333662156 ISBN 13: 9780333662151

Publisher: Papermac, 1996

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'Bosnia lies at the nodal point of the great historic civilisations and her history is difficult to write, because it needs several languages and a knowledge of very complicated events. In view of the Bosnian disaster today, it also needs an understanding of the world after the Cold War. To combine these qualifications in a book that is accessible is a formidable undertaking, defeating all but the best. Noel Malcolm is the best: here he has triumphed.' Professor N.Stone This revised edition has been updated with a new chapter covering the events of the last two years and remains the definitive work on the complex history of Bosnia.

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Review:

"An acute, readable introduction to why and how racial history has been the bane of the Balkans and why it need not be."

-Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Quite simply one of the best books of historical scholarship written for a general audience in the last decade."

-New York Newsday

"By far the best available guide to the fatal steps to catastrophe . . . . Thoughtful, lucid, and deeply informed."

-New York Review of Books

"An extraordinary book--the best available in English on the background of the Bosnian war."

-Warren Zimmermann, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia, in the National Interest

"This book is essential for anyone to understand the present conflict . . .a splendid work of synthesis on a very complex subject, written with insight and sympathy: the best, indeed the only informed book on a history that has become both topical and tragic."

-Sunday Telegraph

Book Description:

The definitive work on the complex history of Bosnia from a well-known journalist and historian.

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