Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

The Balkans in the New Millennium: In the Shadow of War and Peace

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of Europe rather than being an arena of periodic conflicts, political misrule, and economic misery?

In the last years of the twentieth century, Western states watched with alarm as a wave of conflicts swept over much of the Balkans. Ethno-nationalist disputes, often stoked by unprincipled leaders, plunged Yugoslavia into bloody warfare. Romania, Bulgaria and Albania struggled to find stability as they reeled from the collapse of the communist social system and even Greece became embroiled in the Yugoslav tragedy.

This new book examines the politics and international relations of the Balkans during a decade of mounting external involvement in its affairs. Tom Gallagher asks what evidence there is that key lessons have been learned and applied as trans-Atlantic engagement with Balkan problems enters its second decade. This book identifies new problems: organized crime, demographic crises of different kinds, and the collapse of a strong employment base. This is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the area.

Language: English

Pages: 252

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: April 28, 2005

ISBN: 0415349400

ISBN 13: 9780415349406

The Balkans in the New Millennium: In the Shadow of War and Peace

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of Europe rather than being an arena of periodic conflicts, political misrule, and economic misery?

In the last years of the twentieth century, Western states watched with alarm as a wave of conflicts swept over much of the Balkans. Ethno-nationalist disputes, often stoked by unprincipled leaders, plunged Yugoslavia into bloody warfare. Romania, Bulgaria and Albania struggled to find stability as they reeled from the collapse of the communist social system and even Greece became embroiled in the Yugoslav tragedy.

This new book examines the politics and international relations of the Balkans during a decade of mounting external involvement in its affairs. Tom Gallagher asks what evidence there is that key lessons have been learned and applied as trans-Atlantic engagement with Balkan problems enters its second decade. This book identifies new problems: organized crime, demographic crises of different kinds, and the collapse of a strong employment base. This is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the area.

Language: English

Pages: 252

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: April 28, 2005

ISBN: 0415349400

ISBN 13: 9780415349406

More books from Tom Gallagher

Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Hunting Security Bugs

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Modern Romania: The End of Communism, the Failure of Democratic Reform, and the Theft of a Nation

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Romania After Ceausescu: The Politics of Intolerance

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Outcast Europe: The Balkans, 1789-1989: From the Ottomans to Milosevic

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Scotland Now: A Warning to the World

3.2/5 ( ratings)

The Balkans After the Cold War: From Tyranny to Tragedy

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Illusion of Freedom: Scotland Under Nationalism

2.5/5 ( ratings)

The National Interest (July/August 2014 Book 132)

O Estado Novo, das Origens ao Fim da Autarcia (1926-1959) - Volume I

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Nationalism in the Nineties

Diary of a Gay Warlock's Novice (Gay Spiritual Diary Book 2)

The Bulletin of Scottish Politics No. 2: Spring 1981

Win at Euchre

The Woods in Winter (Tales from the Forest Picture Books)

Los Angeles Review of Books - Digital Editions: The Politics

Deceniul pierdut al României: mirajul integrării europene după anul 2000

European Institutions, Democratization, and Human Rights Protection in the European Periphery

Southern European Socialism

Badger's Holiday (Tales from the Forest Picture Books)

Rate this book!

Write a review?