The Balkans: Nationalism, War And the Great Powers 1804-1999 - Hardcover

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. ADMIRABLE: SWEEPING: FAIRMINDED: REFLECTIVE: ESSENTIAL: AUTHORITATIVE: EPIC: WISE: NEW: First Edition hardcover (Orig. May 2000) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, NEW handsomely illustrated unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners showing orig. $34.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW cover w/ NEW black laid paper wrapping spine & extending 1.25" onto front & back panels handsomely covered in charcoal-black paper w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles ELEGANTLY gold-stamped on spine, IMPECCABLE unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW uncreased binding w/ tight sheets & imperial-purple cloth banding at spine-caps, IMMACULATE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * Acknowledgments (xi), Maps (xiii-xx), Introduction (xxi), Glossary (663), Notes (667), Bibliography (687), Index (701) * 6.25" x 9.36" x 2.24", 1.18 kg, xxvi+726 (752) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: In this brilliant, passionate survey of Balkan history since the early 19th century, Misha Glenny provides the essential background to recent terrible events in this war-torn region. No other book covers the entire region & offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence or explains so vividly the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, & Albania. Many reader's have welcomed the author's insights into the final century of Ottoman rule, a complex & colorful period, knowledge of which is essential for understanding recent conflicts that have so troubled the area. Glenny's account of ea. national group in the Balkans & its struggle for statehood is lucid & fair-minded, & he brings the culture of different nationalisms to life. The narrative is permeated w/ sharply observed set pieces of kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals & politicians. He interweaves a narrative of key events w/ the story of international affairs--the relations in states in the Balkans & between them & the great powers. It is the latter relationship that lies at the heart of this compulsively readable book. Glenny shows how the great-power interference in the region has been catastrophic for the peoples of the Balkans & how so-called "ancient hatreds" & "tribal rivalries" have often been intensified by ignorant diplomats in distant capitals, creating states, allocating populations & redrawing borders--w/ deadly consequences. It remains to be seen, Glenny argues in a terse epilogue, whether the recent Western intervention will have a more benign outcome. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "As readers are reminded by Misha Glenney's SWEEPING, FAIRMINDED & AUTHORITATIVE history, the demise of multinational empires (Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, & finally Soviet) has often re-exposed ancient fault-lines--rarely making conflict inevitable, but often making conflict possible. Mr. Glenney's book is ADMIRABLY full of uncomfortable passages for nationalist historians who try to view the region's history as a Manichean struggle between one neatly defined ethnic & religious community (Ottoman Greeks, Bosnian Muslims, Croatian Catholics) & their abiding enemies." -The Economist "Misha Glenney is the WISEST & most REFLECTIVE of all the Western journalists who have covered this part of Europe in the past two decades." -Neal Ascherson, The Observer "Glenney has written an EPIC book, ESSENTIAL reading for all who want to understand tie extraordinary complex region." -The Scotsman * SHIPPING: We custom-wrap, label & securely package this fine book w/ our greatest care for FREE shipment within the United States via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost charge), or for prompt delivery to international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL MAIL at our posted below-cost rates. Seller Inventory # 009799

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