Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History by Robert D. Kaplan

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

Robert D. Kaplan

352 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history politics travel informative slow-paced

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From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one...

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hopeful 16%
inspiring 16%
sad 16%

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