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The Balkans in the Cold War
Svetozar Rajak (Ed.)
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Description for The Balkans in the Cold War
Hardback. Editor(s): Rajak, Svetozar; Botsiou, Konstantina E.; Karamouzi, Eirini; Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 371 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJD; HBTW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Positioned on the fault line between two competing Cold War ideological and military alliances, and entangled in ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, the Balkan region offers a particularly interesting case for the study of the global Cold War system. This book explores the origins, unfolding and impact of the Cold War on the Balkans on the one hand, and the importance of regional realities and pressures on the other. Fifteen contributors from history, international relations, and political science address a series of complex issues rarely covered in one volume, namely the Balkans and the creation of the Cold War ... Read more
Positioned on the fault line between two competing Cold War ideological and military alliances, and entangled in ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, the Balkan region offers a particularly interesting case for the study of the global Cold War system. This book explores the origins, unfolding and impact of the Cold War on the Balkans on the one hand, and the importance of regional realities and pressures on the other. Fifteen contributors from history, international relations, and political science address a series of complex issues rarely covered in one volume, namely the Balkans and the creation of the Cold War ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Number of Pages
371
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137439017
SKU
V9781137439017
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About Svetozar Rajak (Ed.)
Svetozar Rajak is Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, the Academic Director of LSE IDEAS Centre and a member of the editorial board of the Cold War History journal. He is author of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in the Early Cold War: Reconciliation, Comradeship, Confrontation, 1953-1957 (2010). ... Read more
Reviews for The Balkans in the Cold War
The Balkans and the Cold War provides a forceful challenge to many of the prevailing interpretations of the region's history. It effectively makes use of recently released archival documents to alter the understanding of Yugoslav-Soviet relations and the agency of the Balkan states with regards to the Soviet Union, the United States and the EEC. ... a valuable contribution to ... Read more