The Balkans in the New Millennium: In the Shadow of War and Peace

by Tom Gallagher

Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of Europe rather than being an arena of periodic conflicts, political misrule, and economic misery?

In the last years of the twentieth century, Western states watched with alarm as a wave of conflicts swept over much of the Balkans. Ethno-nationalist disputes, often stoked by unprincipled leaders,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415349400
• ISBN13: 9780415349406
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"