A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples

By Fred Singleton

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521274850
• ISBN13: 9780521274852
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A must if you want to understand Yugoslavia

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.