{"product_id":"history-of-the-balkans-volume-2-paperback-9780521274593","title":"History of the Balkans: Volume 2 (Paperback) 9780521274593","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHistory of the Balkans: Volume 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume concentrates on the Balkan wars and World War II, focusing particularly on Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia since 1945.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara Jelavich (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521274593, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 July 1983\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e492 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 3 cm, 0.695 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume concentrates on the Balkan wars and World War II, which both had their origins in the desire of nationalist circles to complete the territorial unification of their states. A substantial part of this book deals with the wartime experience, the establishment of the postwar regimes and their internal development to 1980 and the divergent paths followed by the five states (Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia) since 1945.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. War and National Consolidation, 1887–1941: 1. The Balkan national monarchies\u003cbr\u003e 2. The dual monarchy: Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1914\u003cbr\u003e 3. The end of Ottoman rule in Europe: the Albanian and Macedonian questions\u003cbr\u003e 4. World War I\u003cbr\u003e 5. The first postwar decade\u003cbr\u003e 6. Balkan authoritarian regimes: the outbreak of World War II\u003cbr\u003e Part II. World War II and the Postwar Developments: 7. The Balkan states in World War II\u003cbr\u003e 8. The immediate postwar readjustments: the Greek civil war and the Yugoslav-Soviet conflict\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Communist governments, 1950–1980\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Greek alternative\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909140078872,"sku":"9780521274593","price":29.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521274593i_695c2898-6452-43c8-8a21-c58985134500.jpg?v=1691374348","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/history-of-the-balkans-volume-2-paperback-9780521274593","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}