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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Blind Optimism,
By Zib Zob (San Rafael, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe Since 1989 (Global History of the Present) (Paperback)
Interesting that nobody has reviewed this book for amazon.com, given that it enjoys a certain degree of acceptance in the great big world. When it discusses the northern tier (East Central Europe; Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary) it is reliable. When it discusses the south (Southeastern Europe; Bulgaria, Romania, former Yugoslavia, Albania) it is completely unreliable. Kenney forces the south into his optimistic framework, which is nearly impossible to do. We are not yet in a period of "post-post-communism" in that part of Europe. Somebody needs to note that this book is another in a long line of recent "scholarship" that totally misses the boat regarding the Balkans. Doesn't help that the author doesn't actually have any experience -- or languages -- in the region.
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The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe Since 1989 (Global History of the Present) by Padraic Kenney (Hardcover - October 3, 2006)
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