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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453361803321

Autore

Gallagher Tom <1954-, >

Titolo

Outcast Europe : the Balkans, 1789-1989, from the Ottomans to Milosevic / / Tom Gallagher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-315-77447-X

0-415-37559-2

1-317-68452-4

1-317-68453-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Disciplina

949.6028

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Balkan Peninsula Foreign relations

Balkan Peninsula Politics and government 19th century

Balkan Peninsula Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Maps; Introduction: On Being Balkan; 1. Patterns of External Involvement in the Balkans Before 1914; 2. Southeast Europe's Search for Stability, 1914-1940; 3. Whirlwind from the East: The Advance of Communist Power, 1941-1948; 4. Tyranny From Without and Within: The Balkans, 1949-1973; 5. Nationalism Without Reform: The Balkan Communist States, 1974-1989; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to systematically argue that many of the region's problems are external in origin.A decade of instability in the Balkan states of southeast Europe has given the region one of the worst images in world politics. The Balkans has become synonymous with chaos and extremism. Balkanization, meaning conflict arising from the fragmentation of political power, is a condition feared across the globe. This new text assesses the key issues of Balkan poli