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  • Hardcover: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Granta Books; FIRST EDITION edition (1 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1862070504
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862070509
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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In a survey of Balkan history since the early nineteenth century, the author provides the essential background to recent terrible events in the war-torn area. He covers the entire region and offers profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, and explains the origins of the modern nations in this area.

About the Author
Misha Glenny was born in 1959 and educated at Bristol University and CHarles University in Prague. His coverage of the fall of communism in 1989-90 was widely acclaimed and led to the writing of his first book, The Rebirth of History. During the Yugoslav crisis of the early 1990s he was the Centreal Europe correspondent for the BBC World Service. In 1993, he won a Sony Award for his coverage of Yugoslavia. The Fall of Yugoslavia was published in 1992, became a bestseller, and has been in print ever since. Glenny speaks German, Czech and Serbo-Croat and has live and worked all over the Balkans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Clarity imposed on complexity - Superb!, 25 Oct 2001
This review is from: The Balkans, 1804-1999: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers (Paperback)
In one splendid volume which reads with the pace and interest of a well-written thriller, Mr.Glenny does the near impossible, conveying the complexities of two centuries of Balkan history with clarity and grace. The scope is breathtaking and no important themes - and few lesser ones - are left uncovered, with explanations not provided not only of their internal Balkan context but of their relationships to the greater European picture. Notwithstanding the fact that the overall story is a depressing one, with hatred, greed and massacre as defining features of almost every decade covered, and with not a single ethnic group or nationality emerging with credit, the power of the writing is such as to carry the reader along and to enjoy - if the word can ever be appropriate in this connection - the sweep of the narrative. Having read this book once straight through however, the reader interested in the area will find themselves returning to it repeatedly to check specific facts. Its particular value is the extent to which it takes events that are peripheral to the wider course of European History, and which are treated in isolation in so many other works, and dropped once their relevance to the larger picture fades, and instead follows them through in detail and explores their significance to the sweep of Balkan history. This is one of the few books of its type that one would have desired to have been longer, rather than shorter, and one would have wished for a yet more extended treatment of major events such as the First and Second Balkan Wars. On only one point would the present reviewer take issue with the writer. This is in relation to the thesis stated in the introduction that the role of the Western Powers had been a greater factor than hitherto recognised in the hopeless cycle of revenge and atrocity that characterises modern Balkan history. Mr.Glenny's masterful account of the greed, intolerance and self-destructive blindness of the societies he portrays is its own refutation of this contention. This observation aside, this is a superb piece of accessible narrative history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, 4 Feb 2004
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I believe that this book is even better than Glenny's first book "Fall of Yugoslavia". It is a book which offers so much in a single volume! You will certainly not find a book with such a comprehensive history of the Balkan region. Glenny is also a breath of fresh air, from all those one-sided historians and journalists who simply demonise Serbs.

Starting from 1804 and covering the entire period to 1999, at the price it's an absolute bargain, particularly since there are very few books of this quality and magnitude. Granted, I do not recommend this book for those who would like some basic reading on the subject and like to finish the book in a night or two. This book took me plenty of time to read and I'm glad that I read it.
It does contain ALOT of facts about peasant uprisings, Communist revolutions, skirmishes, leaders, wars, concentration camps and many other things and it is hard to incorporate all this information into memory. However, that does not change the fact that it is a superb book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book and re-align your thoughts on Kosovo., 11 April 2000
Members of the British public who responded to the call to "Clobba Slobba" with fervent anti-Serb fist-shaking, should probably take the time to read this book. I don't imagine for a moment that they will. Which is unfortunate since it is so accessible and thorough; a book which might go some way to enlightening a public so tainted by media slogans and government spin. It might even re-educate those currently undertaking their mini-war against asylum seekers in Britain.

The lesson here, for those (including myself) who are coming to Balkan history for the first time, is that NATO's assessment of the need for a bombing campaign in 1999 exhibited a singular lack of humanitarian intent - despite claims to the contrary. Hardly a new theme in a region which has been trodden on repeatedly by World powers pursuing their economic or strategic agendas as if contributory to some higher, noble purpose.

If I may, I would like to suggest another book which follows on well from the point where Glenny finishes. "The New Military Humanism" by Noam Chomsky offers a detailed account of the injustice of the NATO campaign. The two books together offer a truly humanitarian perspective on the Balkan region in relation to the global community.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading
Although this book does include interesting facts, as well as information on historical events, I did notice that Glenny omits (or simply skims over) quite major consequences of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by N. Lees

1.0 out of 5 stars an uneven compilation
glenny is a journo with a degree in drama who thinks he can write history. it's all rather hastily cobbled together, poorly structured. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mark Twain

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor
I was interested in the Balkan countries and I wanted to learn a little bit about them so I bought this book. I jumped straight in and it was very hard going. Read more
Published 23 months ago by James T

2.0 out of 5 stars Unbalanced coverage of events
The author is very analytical & descriptive in many chapters of the book & is giving a vivid picture of each period & region. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2006 by Geor Galanopoulos

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to understand the Balkans, then read this book!
The Balkans, Europe's disorderly corner, is full of history and most of it is confused and not well understood. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2006 by Aleks

2.0 out of 5 stars a narrative history of the Balkans
This book gives a detailed account of the history of the Balkans in the last two centuries. Unfortunately, the book suffers from three major drawbacks. Read more
Published on 21 April 2003 by Rational Citizen

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a book which explains a lot !
The previous review suggests that this is not an easy book to read. I found the syle easy and informative. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2001 by Andrew Howell

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative but dense - worth reading
This book makes a fair fist of explaining the evolution of the current Balkan pattern to the average citizen. I had to concentrate hard, but I did enjoy reading it. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
In this work the author exhibits a lucid and accessible style that makes the 600+ pages of this epic history thoroughly gripping. Read more
Published on 13 Jul 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars A poor effort
I strongly believe that this book failed completely my expectations concerning an analysis in depth of the Balkan history. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2000 by s.litsas@durham.ac.uk

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