Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New Edition) -- Robert D. Kaplan, Paperback

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.

Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.48w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780312424930

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2005 pg. 162

About the Author
Robert D. Kaplan, a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, is the author of more than a dozen books on travel and foreign affairs that have been translated into many languages. They included Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus and Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History.