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Quality
It was a fun read highly informative with the occasional bit of humor
I found the history interrelation of the constituent countries and their relations with the great powers to be fascinating and ... Read More
On only one point would the present reviewer take issue with the writer
The breakdown of communism coupled with the breakup of yugoslavia unfroze history
Packaging/appearance
So much devastation and bloodshed was unleashed that there remain visible scars in many large cities in the balkans
Misha glenny attempts the unimaginable by trying to write a two hundred year comprehensive history of nationalism in the balkans
Competitiveness
Here lies the great strenght of the work
Moreover the seller impressed me by sending a nearly brand new book barely a page crinkled at a fraction of the cost
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- This product had a total of 123 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 8 2021.
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Glennys especially from the precise details of the history accounts some of which are purposely or unpurposely omitted from the history textbooks in the balkans
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Therefore i would definitively recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the history of balkan states and of course the meaning of the present situation in this european region
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I also was not familiar with misha glennys writing or reporting
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It is necessary to take into account the author of any work on this subject and to understand what their relationship to the subject is
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I was surprised it was written by a journalist and not a historian
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The seconds half of the book starting right after the end of world war i is more hastily written partially due to the lack of abundance of historical resources i presume but also increasingly fails to incorporate any ethnic perspective in the analysis of events
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There are also some minor errors in election dates in the 1960s in greece at least at my edition
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It thus supports indirectly a very naive and dangerous notion that modern events can only be affected by the status quo bequeathed by the ottoman empire
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