Yugoslavia: A Concise History

Yugoslavia: A Concise History surveys the whole turbulent course of the country's history, in the context of the struggles between great powers for control of the Balkans. Torn apart by nationalist rivalries, the first Yugoslavia lapsed into paralysis and dictatorship. Axis occupation in 1941 unleashed a murderous civil war, in which the Communist Party emerged victorious. Tito's Yugoslavia appeared to the world as a peaceful, multi-national federation, but in the end disintegrated amid barbarism unknown in Europe for half a century. This revised and fully updated edition explains why, and takes the events up to the arrest of Milosevic in 2001and beyond.

Author: L. Benson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/28/2003
Pages: 201
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.44w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781403915665

About the Author
LESLIE BENSON is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sociology at University College Northampton.