Croatia: A Nation Forged in War [Unknown Binding]

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• ISBN-10: 0585388989
• ISBN-13: 978-0585388984
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but Simple, June 26, 2002

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Brian Bibbles (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (Paperback)

Tanner is neither a Croatian nor an academic, and this limits the book in both understanding and the depth of its research. And yet, the book is successful all the same. It is a quick and accurate overview of Croatia's long and complicated history. Useful for those new to the region and its issues. Some of Tanner's conclusions (particularly those for the most recent events) are decidedly pro-Croat nationalist (unabashed support for Tudjman and the HDZ), and the still-important WW2 events are not carefully considered. But overall, it is a good, if simple book. You may want to complement it with Goldstein's history as well.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good intoduction to Croatian history, April 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (Hardcover)

A book that needs to be read, if only for the shedding of light on Croatian history, which for too long was hidden or re- written by others. Putting aside his conclusions to the recent war, which seem to arose most criticism, he has written an even handed history of Croatia since early times, although sometimes he fails to place Croatia in its historical context, as a small nation in the greater general upheavals of Europe. Even so, Tanner has relied on many varied sources, not just myths created since the Second World War by both Western and East European historians, which many Western historians are now acknowledging as myths, half tuths or deceptions, of which Tanner is one.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the rare books in English on Croatian history, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (Hardcover)

A book on Croatian history is most overdue. This is one of the rare books on Croatian history written in English and therefore a must read. Croatian history is rarely analysed, with most of its 2000 or so years virtually ignored. Fortunately there is now a book which will give an objective and comprehensive overview of this ancient nation from the 7th century to the present. It is well written and easy to read. Recommended. Added analysis can be found in Noel Malcolm's 'Bosnia: A short History'.