Bosnia - by Noel Malcolm (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This updated edition of Noel Malcolm's highly-acclaimed <i>Bosnia: A Short History</i> provides the reader with the most comprehensive narrative history of Bosnia in the English language. Malcolm examines the different religious and ethnic inhabitants of Bosnia, a land of vast cultural upheaval where the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the Ottomans, and the Austro-Hungarians overlapped. Clarifying the various myths that have clouded the modern understanding of Bosnia's past, Malcolm brings to light the true causes of the country's destruction. This expanded edition of Bosnia includes a new epilogue by the author examining the failed Vance-Owen peace plan, the tenuous resolution of the Dayton Accords, and the efforts of the United Nations to keep the uneasy peace.</p> <p>What went wrong in the country where Christians and Muslims mingled and tolerated each other for over five centuries? It was a land with a vibrant political and cultural history, unlike any other in Europe, where great powers and religions-the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the Ottomans; the faiths of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, and Islam overlapped and combined. In this first English-language history of Bosnia, Noel Malcolm provides a narrative chronicle of the country from its beginnings to its tragic end. Clarifying the various myths that have clouded the modern understanding of Bosnia's past, Malcolm brings to light the true causes of the country's destruction: the political strategy of the Serbian leadership, the conflict between the city and the countryside, the fatal inaction and miscalculations of Western politicians. Putting the Bosnia war into perspective, this volume celebrates the complex history of a country whose past, as well as its future, has been all but erased. At last, here is the guide for the general reader seeking a comprehensive and accessible account of the war in the former Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <p>A Note on Names and Pronunciations <br> Maps <br> Introduction <br> 1. Races, myths and origins: Bosnia to 1180 <br> 2. The medieval Bosnian state, 1180-1463 <br> 3. The Bosnian Church <br> 4. War and the Ottoman system, 1463-1606<br> 5. The Islamicization of Bosnia <br> 6. Serbs and Vlachs <br> 7. War and politics in Ottoman Bosnia, 1606-1815 <br> 8. Economic life, culture and society in Ottoman Bosnia, 1606-1815 <br> 9. The Jews and the Gypsies of Bosnia <br> 10. Resistance and reform, 1815-1878<br> 11. Bosnia under Austro-Hungarian rule, 1878-1914 <br> 12. War and the kingdom: Bosnia 1914-1941 <br> 13. Bosnia and the second world war, 1941-1945 <br> 14. Bosnia in Titoist Yugoslavia, 1945-1989 <br> 15. Bosnia and the death of Yugoslavia: 1989-1992 <br> 16. The destruction of Bosnia: 1992-1993 <br> Notes <br> Glossary <br> Bibliography <br> Index</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This updated edition of Noel Malcolm's highly acclaimed Bosnia: A Short History provides the reader with the most comprehensive narrative history of Bosnia in the English language. Malcolm examines the different religious and ethnic inhabitants of Bosnia, a land of vast cultural upheaval where the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the Ottomans, and the Austro-Hungarians overlapped. This expanded edition of Bosnia includes a new epilogue by the author examining the failed Vance-Owen peace plan, the tenuous resolution of the Dayton Accords, and the efforts of the United Nations to keep the uneasy peace.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Lovrenovic's talents lie not in the enumeration of historical facts, but in constructing (or discovering) a narrative to the evolving idea of Bosnia.-- "Slavic and European Journal"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>NOEL MALCOLM</b>, author of the widely acclaimed <b>Bosnia: A Short History </b>(also available from NYU Press), has been described by <i>The New York Times</i> as "President Clinton's favorite Balkans expert."</p>
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