European University Institute Library

War in the Balkans, conflict and diplomacy before World War I, edited by James Pettifer and Tom Buchanan

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

War in the Balkans

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edited by James Pettifer and Tom Buchanan

International library of twentieth century history, 84

conflict and diplomacy before World War I

The history of the Balkans incorporates all the major historical themes of the twentieth century - the rise of nationalism, communism and fascism, state-sponsored genocide and urban warfare. Focusing on the century's opening decades, War in the Balkans seeks to shed new light on the Balkan Wars through approaching each regional and ethnic conflict as a separate actor, before placing them in a wider context. Although top-down "Great Powers" historiography is often used to describe the beginnings of World War I, not enough attention has been paid to the events in the region in the years preceding the Archduke Ferdinand's assassination. The Balkan Wars saw the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the end of the Bulgarian Kingdom (then one of the most powerful military countries in the region), an unprecedented hardening of Serbian nationalism, the swallowing up of Slovenes and Croats in a larger Balkan entity, and thus set in place the pattern of border realignments which would become familiar for much of the twentieth century. --, Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note:, pt. I, Contested Inheritance, 1., Balkan Wars after 100 Years, Tom Buchanan, 2., Realpolitik or Foreign Policy Surrealism: A Reconsideration of the Peace Treaties of Berlin (1878), London (1913), Versailles (1919), and Trianon (1920), Sabrina P. Ramet, pt. II, International Dimensions, 3., Yugoslavism in Hungary during the Balkan Wars, Eric Beckett Weaver, 4., Combating Cholera during the Balkan Wars: The Case of Bulgaria, Christian Promitzer, 5., Balkan Wars and the Creation of Albanian Independence, Bernd J. Fischer, 6., History and Memories of the Balkan Wars in the Republic of Macedonia: Debates over the Past, Biljana Vankovska, 7., After the Golden Age? -- The Journalism of the Balkan Wars, James Pettifer, 8., Croatian Nationalism and the Balkan Wars, Jasmina Knezovic, pt. III, Bitter Inheritance, 9., Macedonia -- The Crisis After the Paris Peace Conference, Melina Grizo, 10., Between Facts and Interpretations: Three Images of the Balkan Wars of 1912-13, Enika Abazi, 11., Balkan Wars Experience: Understanding the Enemy, Helen Katsiadakis, 12., Some Concluding Thoughts, James Pettifer