| Description |
xxxvii, 970 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1965, c1958. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 873-946) and index. |
| Contents |
The land and the people -- Historical background -- Coming of the Ottman Turks: to 1402 -- Conquest of the Balkans: 1403-1481 -- Ottoman Empire at its height: 1481-1566 -- Ottman institutions -- Balkan Peninsula under Ottman rule -- Decline of the Ottman empire -- Balkan Peninsula during Ottman decline -- Defeat by Austria: recession to the Danube: 1566-1699 -- Defeat by Russia: recession to the Dniester: 1699-1792 -- The Balkans, the French revolution, and Napolean: 1792-1815 --Dynamics of Balkan politics: 1815-1878 --The Servian revolution and the South Slavs to 1878 -- Greek revolution and independent statehood to 1878 -- Ottoman reform and near Eastern crises: 1831-1852 -- Crimean war: 1853-1856 -- Making of Rumania to 1878 -- Bulgarian awakening to 1878 -- Reform and revolution in the Ottoman Empire: 1856-1877 -- Balkan crisis and the treaty of Berlin: 1878 -- Dynamics of Balkan politics: 1878-1914 -- Making of bulgaria: 1878-1914 -- Serbia and the South Salvs: 1878-1914 -- Greece: 1878-1914 -- Rumania: 1878-1914 -- Albanian awakening to 1914 -- Diplomatic developments: 1878-1914 -- Sarajevo and war: 1914-1918 -- Peace settlement: 1918-1923 -- The dynamics of Balkan politics: 1918-1939 -- Yugoslavia: 1918-1939 -- Bulgaria: 1918-1939 -- Greece: 1918-1939 -- Rumania: 1918-1939 -- Albania: 1918-1939 -- Diplomatic developments: 1918-1941 -- Occupation, resistance, and liberation: 1941-1945 -- Hidden war, Cold war, and peace settlement in 1947. |
| Subject |
Balkan Peninsula -- History.
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| ISBN |
0814797660 (paper : alk. paper) |
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0814797652 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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