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Nationalism, war and the great powers, 18041999 1st edition by misha glenny hardcover, 726 pages, published 2000. Timocka buna was a popular uprising that began in eastern serbia now the region of timocka krajina on 28 september 1883, led by the peoples radical party. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. A survey of balkan history since the early nineteenth century.
In the second balkan war, bulgaria fought against all four original combatants of the first war along with facing a surprise attack from romania from the north. In the balkans themselves there was widespread instability. Nationalism, war and the great powers, 18042012 misha glenny download bok. The balkans nationalism war and great powers 1804 1999. No other book covers the entire region and offers such profound insights into the roots of balkan violence, or explains so vividly the origins of modern serbia, croatia, bosnia, greece, bulgaria, romania and albania.
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