Subjects:  1. History / Europe / General    2. Servia,Bosnia,travel,description,Hungary,Albania,Balkan Penincula,James,Creagh   

Subjects:  1. 1980-    2. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    3. Current Affairs    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. Ethnic relations    6. Government - Comparative    7. History    8. Kosovo (Serbia)    9. Political    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Sources    14. Albania    15. Anthropology    16. Eastern Europe    17. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    18. History / Europe / Eastern    19. Literary studies: general    20. Nationalism   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. History - General History    3. Sociology    4. Human rights    5. Serbia    6. War crimes   

Subjects:  1. Armed Forces    2. Civil War, 1998-1999    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. History    5. History - General History    6. Kosovo (Serbia)    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. North Atlantic Treaty Organiza    10. North Atlantic Treaty Organization    11. Serbia and Montenegro   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Albania    3. Current Affairs    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Ethnic relations    7. Foreign Relations    8. General    9. History    10. History: World    11. International    12. Kosovo (Serbia)    13. Minority Studies - Race Relations    14. Politics - Current Events    15. Politics / Current Events    16. Yugoslavia    17. Political Science / General   

Reviews (11)

so Greeks are "angry teenagers"?
I've worked with many Greeks in the past 6-7 years, and while I can understand some reviewers who had met with anti-Western sentiments in the Greece itself (especially idiotic remarks about 9/11),some comments are simply appaling-"Afghanistan is more democratic than modern Greece"?????? These are the very people who gave DEMOCRACY & CULTURE to the world, and democracy gives you the right to question the wrong decisions that are being nicely wrapped up under such euphemisms as: "humanitarian bombing","helping democratic forces" (by killing civilians etc.). Greeks were the ONLY people in the world who had sent food convoys to "evil Serbs" in Bosnia and Croatia while these were literarily starving (while the WHOLE world was feeding "innocent" Muslims and Croats)and inasmuch I could care less about their government, Greek people have helped the poor and hungry on all sides in the Yugoslav conflict. I have a huge respect for regular Greeks, and all the governments today are crooked anyway. As for the so-called harsh treatment of Albanian immigrants, maybe it's time for you to get the ID's and start respecting the country you get so much from (unlike what Albanians did in ex-Yugoslavia - no ID's, complete rejection of laws and authority, but always accepting monthly social welfare checks).Respect the others and you'll be respected, too!

Greek society: a rebel without a cause?
"Unholy Alliance" is a fascinating journey through the popular Greek worldview. It accurately portrays the Greek public as a tormented teenager, ready to rebel against the "adults" (the big countries that control the world) at every opportunity, and preferably without a cause. Michas expounds on the populist anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Muslim, pro-Orthodox rhetoric that thrives on the "Greek street" (or rather, in the Greek coffeeshop), its monopoly on mass media coverage, and its pervasive influence on Greek foreign policy. Excellent book of selfhate
One sided preconceived notions and innuendos His material conditions of existence determined what is going on in the realm of consciousness and has decided to become a pseudointellectual pop shlockmeister looking for a quick buck. Read more

Subjects:  1. Foreign Relations 1990-    2. Greece    3. International Relations - General    4. Nationalism    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Relations    9. Yugoslavia    10. Battles & campaigns    11. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    12. International relations    13. Serbia    14. Southeast Europe    15. c 1990 to c 2000   

Reviews (9)

Well-painted portrait of a tyrant
Dusko Doder and Louise Branson's book covers Milosevic's life and path to power up to Kosovo, when NATO bombardment of Belgrade forced him to back down.The book reveals how Milosevic gave himself a name in 1987, when his boss, Serbian Communist Party leader Ivan Stambolic, sent him to Kosovo to quell down Serbian riots.When confronted by protesters who told them the Kosovo Albanians were beating them, he uttered the phrase, "No one will ever dare beat you again."He became a hero from that day on, a figure to whom the Serbs could rally around. An invaluable biography of Milosevic
2001: Slobodan Milosevic appeared in court somber-faced; remaining as defiant and arrogant as ever in response to the charges leveled at him by a presiding judge. It seems like he was brought to justice only by chance; consequently his indictment and later arrest proves that no war criminal can hide forever. His name cropped up repeatedly when war in Kosovo broke out in 1998 and more so when NATO forces intervened and bombed rump Yugoslavia throughout the spring and early summer of 1999. Years before, in Bosnia, he was seen as a problem-solver, appeasing opposing parties and mediators at the Dayton Accords. Three years later, he was seen as the opposite: manipulative, conniving, secretive, deceiving and a perpetrator of gross human rights. The question of his life and background has remained constant, one of speculation and mystery. Eichmann Redux
Some argue that Milosevic is solely responsible for the terrible deeds committed during the civil war in Yugoslavia in the 1990s: without the nationalist indoctrination and provocation undertaken by this tyrant, the war may never have taken place. Others argue that the war was inevitable, and that Milosevic was merely acting out a role that any Serbian leader in those circumstances was destined to play: the real villains here are the people of the former Yugoslavia who bear centuries-old grudges against their neighbours and are willing to obey orders to commit heinous moral crimes. Read more

Subjects:  1. 1941-    2. 1941-2006    3. 1945-    4. Balkan Peninsula - History    5. Biography    6. Biography & Autobiography    7. Biography / Autobiography    8. Biography/Autobiography    9. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    10. Eastern Europe - General    11. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    12. Milosevic, Slobodan,    13. Miloéseviâc, Slobodan,    14. Peace    15. Political    16. Politics and government    17. Presidents    18. Serbia    19. Yugoslavia    20. Biography & Autobiography / Political    21. Biography: historical    22. Central government    23. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    24. Milosevic, Slobodan    25. Political leaders & leadership    26. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula    2. Bosnia and Hercegovina    3. Eastern question (Balkan)    4. History    5. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula    2. History    3. Serbia    4. Yugoslav War, 1991-    5. Yugoslavia   

Reviews (1)

The philosophers have only interpreted the world...
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. (Marx 1845 Theses on Feurbach)"
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Subjects:  1. 1992-    2. Anthropology - General    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. Ethnic relations    5. History: World    6. Israel    7. Political aspects    8. Politics and government    9. Serbia    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Sociology - General    13. State-sponsored terrorism    14. Human rights    15. Middle East    16. Political oppression & persecution    17. Social Science / Sociology / General   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Montenegro    3. World War, 1914-1918   

Subjects:  1. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    2. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    3. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. Causes    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. History    5. History & Theory - General    6. History - Military / War    7. History: World    8. Philosophy    9. Politics and government    10. Serbia    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    13. Yugoslavia    14. Armed conflict    15. European history: from c 1900 -    16. European studies    17. Social history    18. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Bosnia and Hercegovina    3. Ethnic relations    4. General    5. History - General History    6. Pluralism (Social sciences)    7. Political Process - General    8. Political Science    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Religion    11. Bosnia-Herzegovina    12. Constitution: government & the state    13. Croatia    14. European history: from c 1900 -    15. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography / Historical    2. Researches,Danube,Adriatic,History,Hungary,Transylvania,Dalmatia,Croatia,Servia,Bulgaria,Andrew Archibald Paton,Serbia,Serb   

Reviews (3)

An example of historical determinism
Cohen pays all too little attention to Kosovo in this treatment of Milosevic-era Serbia, downplays popular culture (in spite of his professions to the contrary), and urges that the reader accept a version of historical determinism in which the actions of Serbs are seen as determined by the Ottoman occupation which ended in the nineteenth century.Cohen shows himself to have been sympathetic to the Serbian nationalist-expansionist project even while expressing a veiled contempt for Serbs.If one wants to understand Milosevic or, for that matter, Serbia in the Milosevic era, one would do a lot better to turn to the splendid treatments by Louis Sell or Adam LeBor.

Slobo not party animal
This is the best of the Milosevic books in terms of biographical information for those interested in what kind of man he really is.
Excellent one volume treatment of Milosevic's rule
This book is the best English-language treatment to date of Milosevic's rule in Serbia as can be found in a single volume.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1980-1992    2. 1992-2003    3. Authoritarianism    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    7. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    8. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    9. Government (Specific Aspects)    10. Government (non-U.S.)    11. Government - Comparative    12. Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age    13. Political    14. Politics - Current Events    15. Politics / Current Events    16. Politics and government    17. Yugoslavia    18. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    19. Political control & influence    20. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. Cities and towns    2. Croatia    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. Essays    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Slavonia    9. Srem (Serbia and Croatia)    10. European history: c 1500 to c 1750    11. Southeast Europe    12. c 1500 to c 1600    13. c 1600 to c 1700   

Subjects:  1. History / Europe / General    2. society,history,journey,Montenegro,tradition,customs of nations,Dalmatia,Herzegovina,Ragusa,Uscocs,Slavonic nations   

Subjects:  1. 1841-1921    2. 19th century    3. General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. King of Montenegro,    7. Kinship    8. Middle Eastern    9. Montenegro    10. Nikola    11. Poetry    12. Serbia and Montenegro    13. Social life and customs    14. History / General