The Balkan Wars

副标题: Conquest, Revolution, and Retribution from the Ottoman Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

ISBN: 9780465027323

出版社: Basic Books

出版年: 2003-03

页数: 320

定价: USD 17.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

A sweeping history of the Balkans that probes the ancient roots of the genocidal passions in modern Europe's most volatile region. In this riveting new history of the Balkan peoples, André Gerolymatos explores how ancient events engendered cultural myths that evolved over time, gaining strength in the collective consciousnesses of Orthodox Christians and Muslims alike. In colorful detail, we meet the key figures that instigated and perpetuated these myths--assassin/heroes such as Milos Obolic and Gavrilo Princip and warlords such as Ali Pasha. This lively survey of centuries of strife finally puts the modern conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo into historical context, and provides a long overdue account of the origins of ethnic hatred and warmongering in this turbulent land.