There are few countries in Europe which contain within an area as small as the British Isles such a variety of natural environments and cultures as Yugoslavia. This book provides a survey of the history of the South Slav peoples who came together at the end of the First World War to form the first Yugoslav kingdom, and who emerged from the chaos of the Second World War to become citizens of a socialist federal republic, led by the Communist Party under the leadership of Marshal Tito. Beginning in Roman times, the book traces the rise and fall of the medieval Slav principalities, the dominance of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires, the proclamation of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, the disastrous effects of the German occupation and the creation of a new socialist order under President Tito.
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Traces the rise and fall of the medieval Slavic principalities from Roman times through the dominance of the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires; the proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918; the disastrous effects of the German Occupation and the creation of a new socialist order under President Tito.
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A must if you want to understand Yugoslavia,
By Lorraine Almen (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples (Paperback)
This is the sixth book I've read about Yugoslavia since we bombed Belgrade this spring. It should have been the first. Like most Americans, I had virtually no knowledge about this important part of the world. What I read in the media only confused me. This author gives a concise overview of Yugoslav history up through the 80's, and he presents his information in an interesting & lucid way. (It is interesting to read his views on Kosovo, in light of recent events which took place ten years after this book was published.) If I had read this book first, the information in the other books I've read would have been much more useful to me.
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The lands which the South Slay tribes first entered, in the middle of the first millennium AD, were geographically very different from their earlier homelands north of the Carpathians, in the Vistula basin and the Ukraine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
associated labour, royal dictatorship, collective presidency, federal presidency, military frontier Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Slav, Soviet Union, First World War, Central Committee, Red Army, Second World War, Five Year Plan, Yugoslav Committee, League of Communists, Federal Assembly, Greater Serbia, Orthodox Church, People's Front, Roman Catholic, San Stefano, Constituent Assembly, Narodna Odbrana, Third World, Durad Brankovié, Illyrian Provinces, Treaty of London, Catholic Church, Croat Peasant Party, Dual Monarchy, Julian Alps New!
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The lands which the South Slay tribes first entered, in the middle of the first millennium AD, were geographically very different from their earlier homelands north of the Carpathians, in the Vistula basin and the Ukraine. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
associated labour, royal dictatorship, collective presidency, federal presidency, military frontier Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Slav, Soviet Union, First World War, Central Committee, Red Army, Second World War, Five Year Plan, Yugoslav Committee, League of Communists, Federal Assembly, Greater Serbia, Orthodox Church, People's Front, Roman Catholic, San Stefano, Constituent Assembly, Narodna Odbrana, Third World, Durad Brankovié, Illyrian Provinces, Treaty of London, Catholic Church, Croat Peasant Party, Dual Monarchy, Julian Alps New!
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- Conversations with Stalin by Milovan Djilas on page 237, and Back Matter
- Economy of Yugoslavia by Fred Singleton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Short History of Yugoslavia from Early Times to 1966 by HC Darby in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of Servia and the Servian Revolution (Europe 1815-1945 Series) by Leopold Von Ranke in Back Matter
- Yugoslavia and the New Communism by George W. Hoffman in Back Matter
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- A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia by David Crowe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia by David M. Crowe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Europe and War in the Balkans: Toward a New Yugoslav Identity by Miron Rezun in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Civilization & Barbarity in 20th Century Europe by Gabriel Jackson on page 95, and page 241
- Civilization & Barbarity in 20th Century Europe by Gabriel Jackson on page 95, and page 241
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