This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day. The Balkan Peninsula, which

A contemporary history of the Balkans from the break-up of Yugoslavia to the present day, first published in 2006.

Positioned on the fault line between two competing Cold War ideological and military alliances, and entangled in ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, the B

Examines the origins of political violence in the Balkans since the 19th century, while treating the region as an integral part of modern European history, remi

This 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 unif