{"product_id":"the-fall-of-yugoslavia-the-third-balkan-war-third-revised-edition-9780140257717","title":"The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War, Third Revised Edition","description":"\"Vigorous, passionate, humane, and extremely readable. . . For an account of what has actually happened. . . Glenny's book so far stands unparalleled.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fall of Yugoslavia tells the whole, true story of the Balkan Crisis--and the ensuing war--for those around the world who have watched the battle unfold with a mixture of horror, dread, and confusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence in June 1991, peaceful neighbors of four decades took up arms against each other once again and a savage war flared in the Balkans. The underlying causes go back to business left unfinished by both the Second and First World Wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this acclaimed book, now revised and updated with a new chapter on the Dayton Accords and the subsequent U.S. involvement, Misha Glenny offers a sobering eyewitness chronicle of the events that rekindled the violent conflict, a lucid and impartial analysis of the politics behind them, and incisive portraits of the main personalities involved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Above all, he shows us the human realities behind the headlines, and puts in its true, historical context one of the most ferocious civil wars of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe longtime central European correspondent for the BBC World Service based in Vienna, \u003cb\u003eMisha Glenny\u003c\/b\u003e has lived in and worked all over the Balkans. His books include \u003cb\u003eThe Rebirth of History and The Fall of Yugoslavia\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the 1992 Overseas Press Club Award for Best Book on Foreign Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692604494098,"sku":"9780140257717","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91af7249-7318-42b9-8488-11bf95f1b45a.jpg?v=1734129161","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fall-of-yugoslavia-the-third-balkan-war-third-revised-edition-9780140257717","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}