Nationalism, war and the great powers : 1804-2012

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Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe, and presents sharply observed portraits of its kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals, and politicians. Glenny shows that groups we think of as implacable enemies have, over the centuries, formed unlikely alliances, thereby  disputing the idea that conflict in the Balkans is the ineluctable product of ancient grudges. He explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the rest of Europe, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.

Misha Glenny (1958) je novinar, zgodovinar in politični analitik, ki je kot dopisnik za Guardian in BBC med drugim poročal o propadu komunizma in vojnah v nekdanji Jugoslaviji. Je avtor treh knjig o vzhodni Evropi in Balkanu. Leta 1993 je prejel Sonyjevo nagrado za izjemne dosežke v novinarstvu.