Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States

by James B. Minahan

The 20th century's most protracted conflict, the Cold War, also provided the longest and most stable peace in the history of the modern world--a fragile peace that came at the price of national freedom for many. With the demise of the Cold War, new nearly unknown countries, long ignored or suppressed, came to the world's attention, as ethnic and national conflicts, rooted in the newly independent states' own multiethnic populations, emerged. From...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313306109
• ISBN13: 9780313306105
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"