The Balkans: A Short History -- Mark Mazower, Paperback

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In this highly acclaimed short history, Mark Mazower sheds light on what has been called the tinderbox of Europe, whose troubles have ignited wider wars for hundreds of years. Focusing on events from the emergence of the nation-state onward, The Balkans reveals with piercing clarity the historical roots of current conflicts and gives a landmark reassessment of the region's history, from the world wars and the Cold War to the collapse of communism, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the continuing search for stability in southeastern Europe.

Author: Mark Mazower
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 08/06/2002
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.16w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780812966213

About the Author
Mark Mazower is a professor of history at Birkbeck College, London, and a former professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of several books, most recently Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century.