Conflict in the Balkans
By: Malcolm Booker
Publisher: Catalyst Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: History
Description: Historical account of the Balkan area - includes Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Macadonia - over the last 2000 years. Considers its geographical position as a corridor from central Europe and inner Asia to the Mediterranean and the ordeals suffered by the peoples of the Balkans in the light of European competetion for access. Includes a list of important dates, a glossary and bibliography and a fold-out map of the area. The author is Australian Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria and writes for the 'Canberra Times'.