Europe's backyard war: The war in the Balkans

Once, Sarajevo was the name associated with the outbreak of World War I. Today it has become the shorthand for new horrors. The outbreak of war on the European Community's doorstep in the summer of 1991 confronted post-Cold War Europe with its first crisis. The roots of today's war in the Balkans are complex and need to be understood if the crisis is to be mastered. Despite the internal reasons for the current fighting, the former Yugoslavia is far from unique. A haunting doubt has begun to seep into the minds of Western leaders that the disintegration of Yugoslavia might be a model for future developments in other multi-national states, in particular the former Soviet Union. In his attempt to piece together the tragedy of what is happening in the Balkans, the author examines the fighting on the ground in Yugoslavia, but also looks at the lessons to be learned from the fumbling inability of the West or the UN to forestall or halt the conflict.

History

Almond, Mark

Europe

William Heinemann

This Attempt to piece together the tragic events in the Balkans analyzes a conflict that has shocked Western nations not only because of its savagery, but also because of its roots in a nationalist fervour which had seemed a thing of the past during the relative stability of the Cold War years. Historian Mark Almond examines the course of the Yugoslavian conflict itself, and looks at the worrying wider implications for the former USSR and other multi-national states forced together by 19th and early 20th-century empire-building.

Europe's Backyard War: The War in Yugoslavia

Arrow (A Division of Random House Group)

Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Moldavia, Latvia, the Ukraine - new states are emerging across Europe, changing the map of the continent more dramatically than at any time since the World War I. This atlas puts Europe's complete history into an accessible series of maps, each with a clear commentary. It explains not only how the Europe of today has been shaped but makes clear the forces that moulded the Europe of the past. The atlas unfolds the key moments in European political history step-by-step, from the emergence of the first Greek city-states 3000 years ago to the new states formed in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union. A series of 46 full-page colour maps chart the crucial stages in Europe's evolution to create a dynamic picture of a continent in flux, revealing the ebb and flow of Europe's political development in unprecedented clarity. In addition, a series of almost 200 subsidiary maps highlight important events and processes to provide historical background.

"The Times" Atlas of European History: 3000 Years of History in Maps

Reference

Times Books

In an attempt to piece together the tragic events in the Balkans, this book analyzes a conflict that has shocked Western nations not only because of its savagery but also because of its roots in a nationalist fervour which had seemed a thing of the past during the relative stability of the Cold War years. Historian Mark Almond examines the course of the Yugoslavian conflict itself, and looks at the worrying wider implications for the former USSR and other multi-national states forced together by 19th and early-20th-century empire-building.

Mandarin

Charts the rise and fall of Nicholae and Elena Ceausescu - from their rags-to-riches transformation from poverty-stricken childhoods into all-powerful potentates, to their execution in December 1989.

The rise and fall of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu

Biographies & Memoirs

Chapmans

Book by O'Brien, Conor Cruise, Frohnen, Bruce, Stanlis, Peter J., Almond, Mark, Barry, Norman, Blakemore, Steven, Chiron, Yves, Cullen, Louis B., Gove, Michael, Henrie, Mark C.

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Henrie, Mark C.

O'Brien, Conor Cruise

Chiron, Yves

Barry, Norman

Stanlis, Peter J.

Frohnen, Bruce

Blakemore, Steven

Cullen, Louis B.

Gove, Michael

ISI Books

As well as explaining the benefits of acting skills for teachers and learners, this book covers the exciting sector of teaching English language students using theatre techniques, including a step-by-step guide to putting on a play with your students.

Teaching English With Drama (Teaching English With Information Technology)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pavilion Pub

Using eyewitness accounts, reportage photography, and contemporary paintings to capture the spirit of revolution, Mark Almond examines the causes, events, and often colossal repercussions of each revolution. The book opens with a discussion of all aspects of revolution in general and looks at the ideologies and personalities of the great revolutionaries (and in their quarrels with one another), the romance and language of revolution, and its terrible human cost, before looking in turn at each of the great revolutions that have defined their time. Taking a unique, themed approach to history, Revolution is a compelling read for anyone interested in our turbulent past.

Revolution: 500 Years of Struggle for Change

De Agostini

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