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The Balkans
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 37.00The tragedies of Bosnia and Kosovo are often explained away as the unchangeable legacy of 'centuries-old hatreds'. In this richly detailed, expertly balanced chronicle of the Balkans across fifteen centuries, Hupchick sets a complicated record straight. Organized around the three great civilizations of the region - Western European, Orthodox Christian... more...
Balancing in the Balkans
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 74.00Balancing in the Balkans treats this region as a laboratory for exploring ideas about globalism, the creation of transnational economic communities from capital flows across political boundaries, tribalism, and the disintegration of nations into ethnic factions based upon ancient hatreds. more...
Contentious Issues of Security and the Future of Turkey
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 114.95This comprehensive study focuses on the future of Turkish foreign and security policies within the emerging strategies of the two Wests. It examines Turkish foreign policy in the context of trans-Atlantic relations as a global actor, and with respect to conflict, new power relations, energy security, Greece, Cyprus and the environment. more...
Imagining the Balkans
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 18.99Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans. more...
Historical Dictionary of Turkey
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 119.99The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Turkey explores the history of this fascinating country through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. more...
Shattering Empires
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 26.00A pioneering study of the causes and consequences of the rivalry and collapse of the great Ottoman and Russian empires. more...
The Ottoman Empire
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 63.00The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in history, known for its military prowess, multi-cultural make-up, and advances in art and architecture. Positioned at the crossroads of East and West, at its height it encompassed most of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In existence from the late 13th century until 1922,... more...
Tito
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 96.00Josip Broz Tito was a remarkable figure in the history of Communism, the Second World War, the Balkans and post-war Eastern Europe. He was the only European besides Lenin to lead a successful Communist revolution and became one of the most renowned Communist leaders of all time. For a certain generation, he was remembered as someone who stood up to... more...
Tales from the Expat Harem
Seal Press 2009; US$ 15.95As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, Tales from the Expat Harem reveals its most personal nuances. This illuminating anthology provides a window into the country from the perspective of thirty-two expatriates from seven different nations?artists, entrepreneurs, Peace Corps volunteers, archaeologists, missionaries,... more...
Reinstating the Ottomans
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00This book is inspired by recent scholarship that reexamines the dramatic changes affecting heterogeneous societies in late nineteenth century empires. It expands the analysis of transformation beyond conventional methods of studying "failed" empires - the emergence of ethnonationalism, sharpened class and gendered sectarian differences - and restates... more...









