War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia

By: Richard C. Hall and Jon C. Anderson Jr. and Virginia Military Institute and Walter F. Bell and Bestami S. Bilgic and Anna Boros and Dino E. Buenviaje and Frhs Antoine Capet and Bert Chapman and Bernard Cook and Maeve Cowan and Brig. Gen. Uzal W. Ent and Gregory C. Ference and Timothy L. Francis and James W. Frusetta and Neil A. Hamilton and Laura J. Hilton and Gordon E. Hogg and John J. Horton and Michael D. Johnson and Robert B. Kane and Gary Kerley and Lucian N. Leustean and Bonnie K. Levine-Berggren and Alessandro Massignani and Lisa McCallum and Joseph McCarthy and James Brian McNabb and Karen Mead and Marko Milivojevic and Alexander Mikaberidze and Josip Mocnik and Irina Mukhina and Michael S. Neiberg and Jason Newman and Christian Nuenlist and Eric W. Osborne and Ahmet Özcan and Neville Panthaki and Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr. and John David Rausch Jr. and Annette Richardson and Karl Roider and Margaret Sankey and Mary Kate Schneider and Charles R. Shrader and Brian G. Smith and Eva-Maria Stolberg and David Tal and James Tallon and Brian C. Trueblood and Spencer C. Tucker and Brandon H. Turner and Mesut Uyar and Dierk Walter and A. J. L. Waskey and Tim J. Watts and James H. Willbanks and Hedley P. Willmott and Anna M. Wittmann and Fatih Yeşil and Gültekin Yildiz

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Synopsis: This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day.The Balkan Peninsula, which consists of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and the former Yugoslavia, resides in the southeastern part of the European continent. Its strategic location as well as its long and bloody history of conflict have helped to define the Balkans' role in global affairs. This singular reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that have made this region an international player and shaped warfare there for hundreds of years.Historian and author Richard C. Hall traces the sociopolitical history of the area, starting with the early internal conflicts as the Balkan states attempted to break away from the Ottoman Empire to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that ignited World War I to the Yugoslav Wars that erupted in the 1990s and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.