{"product_id":"balkan-ghosts-a-journey-through-history-new-edition-paperback","title":"Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and greeted with critical acclaim as \"the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition of the \u003ci\u003eBalkan Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. That November, while the world danced in the rubble of the wall, a journalist named Robert Kaplan was in Kosovo watching a riot between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. The future, Kaplan wrote, was not in a reuniting Germany but in a fragmenting Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, Kaplan saw the impending collapse of nation states and the rise of a Hobbesian jungle of gang wars, tribal slaughter, and ideological jihads. Kaplan, of course, was right.\"---Porter J. Goss, Director of Central Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and greeted with critical acclaim as \"the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between l996 and 2000, beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert D. Kaplan, a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of ten books on travel and foreign affairs translated into many languages. They included \u003ci\u003eEastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eBalkan Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. That November, while the world danced in the rubble of the wall, a journalist named Robert Kaplan was in Kosovo watching a riot between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. The future, Kaplan wrote, was not in a reuniting Germany but in a fragmenting Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, Kaplan saw the impending collapse of nation states and the rise of a Hobbesian jungle of gang wars, tribal slaughter, and ideological jihads. Kaplan, of course, was right.\"---Porter J. Goss, Director of Central Intelligence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and greeted with critical acclaim as \"the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between l996 and 2000, beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert D. Kaplan, a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of ten books on travel and foreign affairs translated into many languages. They included \u003ci\u003eEastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eBalkan Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e, a correspondent for\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of more than a dozen books on travel and foreign affairs that have been translated into many languages. They included \u003ci\u003eEastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBalkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.32 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754264068384,"sku":"9780312424930","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e1e58d42d2cf966388eb64e2b09f007.webp?v=1780036684","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/balkan-ghosts-a-journey-through-history-new-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}