Wars in the Balkans: Personal recollectionsdoi:10.1080/10220460109545367Allan LittleSouth African Journal of International Affairs
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War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Wars, 1991-1995, Causes. In: HALL, R. C. (Ed.). War in the Balkans: an encyclopedic history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia. Santa ...
The First Balkan War and the Second Balkan War, also referred to as the Balkan Crisis, were a series of wars over the autonomy and nationality of the various ethnic groups in the Balkans. These are commonly referred to together as the Balkan Wars. They all occurred in the same general geo...
fought in the 1990s and we have tried to unravel the various causes and consequences of these wars. This backgrounder is a summary of this troubled period in the history of the Balkans but be warned: trying to unravel what happened, and why, is like trying to solve Rubik’s cube if you...
That action of the Czar, however, was clear notification and proof to all the world that Russia regarded the Slav States in the Balkans as objects of her peculiar concern and protection. The first Balkan War–the war of the Allies against Turkey–ended in a way that surprised all the ...
Power Discourses and Power Practices: The EU's Role as a Normative Power in Bosnia If there is one geographical region where the European Union (EU) has been said to have deployed its normative power, the Western Balkans is it. This chapter seeks to unpack the concept of Normative Power Eu...
The research also represents a contribution to the study of conflicts in the Western Balkans. The majority of existing interpretations of causes, course and consequences of the Yugoslav wars try to provide the answers through ethno-political explanations. They unjustly ignore the importance that inter...
In 1736 war again broke out between the Ottomans and Russia, allied with Austria. The Russians recaptured Azov and won a spectacular success in Moldavia, where General Münnich entered Jassy (1739). However, Austria became alarmed by Russian ambitions in the Balkans and concluded the separate Trea...
Anyone interested in the origin of total war, ethnic cleansing, and other features of modern warfare should read this fascinating account of Russia’s wars in the Balkans in the nineteenth century.” Topics Europe General European History History Regional and National History ...