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Reconstruction and Peace Building in the Balkans
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 38.99In the tense aftermath of the 1992?1995 Bosnian War, U.S. diplomat Bill Farrand was assigned the daunting task of implementing the Dayton Peace Accords in the ethnically divided Balkan territory of Brcko. This compelling narrative pulls the reader intimately into the author's world where, over three tumultuous but successful years, he was given... more...
With Their Backs to the World
Basic Books 2006; US$ 15.00From the best-selling author of The Bookseller of Kabul , an account of thirteen ordinary Serbian people and how their lives changed before, during, and after the fall of Milosevic more...
Experimenting With Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 180.00The chronic instability in the Balkan States of South East Europe has prevented the end of the Cold War becoming an era of genuine peace in Europe. Against a background of competing nationalisms, economic decline, the resilience of authoritarianism, it is easy to forget that there have been experiments with democracy have taken place since 1990 with... more...
Ethnic Cleansing in the Balkans
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 170.00Ethnic Cleansing in the Balkans looks at the phenomenon of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans over the last two hundred years. It argues that the events that occurred during this time can be demystified, that the South East of Europe was not destined to become violent and that constructions of the Balkans as endemically violent misses a important political... more...
Effects of War on the Environment: Croatia
Spon Press 1995; US$ 300.00This book discusses in detail the destruction of the Croatian chemical industry and suggests ways in which new techniques will need to be used for remediation. Important aspects of the economy such as tourism and agriculture are also considered. more...
Slovenia
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95A clear and concise introduction to contemporary Slovenia. It examines the country's rapid transition from a collection of provinces in the southern part of the Habsburg Empire, to a republic within Yugoslavia, to an independent state and analyzes the major political and economic developments since 1991. The perfect introduction to one of Europe's... more...
Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 55.95This publication considers the lessons to be gained for Britain, the British armed forces, and for NATO as a whole, from the Yugoslav wars of dissolution (1991-1999), with particular emphasis on the Kosovo crisis. The papers come from a diverse and high quality mixture of analysts, practitioners and policy-makers. The issues developed here represent... more...
Britain and the Balkans
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95An incisive analysis of Britain's decision-making role in the Yugoslavian conflict of the 1990s and in the formation of its successor states. Tracing the evolution of British policy from the onset of war in Croatia and Bosnia to the NATO action in Kosovo, and beyond, this major work examines the underlying factors governing that policy, and its... more...
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 53.95When the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina broke out a baffled world sought explanations from a range of experts who offered a variety of reasons for the conflict. The author of this study takes Bosnian affairs seriously and in so doing makes it much easier to grasp why the war occurred. more...
Yugoslavia
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 120.00Yugoslavia: A Concise History surveys the whole turbulent course of the country's history, in the context of the struggles between great powers for control of the Balkans. Torn apart by nationalist rivalries, the first Yugoslavia lapsed into paralysis and dictatorship. Axis occupation in 1941 unleashed a murderous civil war, in which the Communist... more...









