Yugoslavia: A Concise History

by Leslie Benson

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349419273
• ISBN13: 9781349419272
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"