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War in the Balkans : an encyclopedic history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia

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This reference traces the sociopolitical history of the Balkans, beginning with the break away from the Ottoman Empire, and continuing through the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.

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War in the Balkans : an encyclopedic history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia

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DR45

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Authors

Hall, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1950-

Subjects

Balkan Peninsula--History, Military--20th century--Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias.
Military history.

Language

English

Published

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014].

Publication Desc

1 online resource (xxiv, 411 pages) : illustrations, maps.

ISBN

9781610690317 electronic bk.

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This reference traces the sociopolitical history of the Balkans, beginning with the break away from the Ottoman Empire, and continuing through the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.

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Abdulhamid II (1842-1918) -- Adrianople, Siege of, 1912-1913 -- Adrianople, Treaty of, 1829 -- Albania, Italian Occupation of, 1939 -- Albania in the Balkan Wars -- Albania in World War I -- Albania in World War II -- Albanian Uprisings, 1910-1911 -- Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia (1888-1934) -- Alexander Obrenovic, King of Serbia (1876-1903) -- Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1857-1893) -- Ali Pasha (1750?-1822) -- Antonescu, Ion (1882-1946) -- Austria-Hungary in the Balkans during World War I -- Averescu, Alexandru (1859-1938) -- Balkan Entente, 1934 -- Balkan League -- Balkan Pact, 1954 -- Balkan War, First, 1912-1913 -- Balkan War, Second, 1913 -- Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, Causes -- BalkanWars, 1912-1913, Consequences -- Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, Naval Campaigns -- Balli Kombetar -- Berlin, Treaty of, 1878 -- Bessarabia -- Bihac -- Black Hand -- Black Sea Campaign, 1941-1944 -- Boris III, Czar of Bulgaria (1894-1943) -- Bosnia, Austrian Occupation, 1878 -- Bosnian Crisis, 1908-1909 -- Bosnian Forces -- Bosnian Revolt, 1876 -- Bosnian War, 1992-1995 -- Brioni Agreement -- Bucharest, Treaty of, 1913 -- Bucharest, Treaty of, 1918 -- Bukovina -- Bulgaria in the Balkan Wars -- Bulgaria in World War I -- Bulgaria in World War II -- Bulgarian "Fatherland War," 1944-1945 -- Bulgarian Horrors, 1876 -- Bulgarian-Serb War, 1885 -- Carol I, King of Romania (1839-1914) -- Carol II, King of Romania (1893-1953) -- Ceausescu, Nicolae (1918-1989) -- Cer Mountain, Battle of, 1914 -- C ? etniks -- Chataldzha, Battle of, 1912 -- Cherniaev, M. G. (1824-1898) -- Cold War in the Balkans -- Constantine I, King of Greece (1868-1923) -- Constantinople, Treaty of, 1913 -- Contested Zone (Macedonia), 1912 -- Corfu Channel Incident, 1946 -- Corfu Declaration, 1917 -- Corfu Incident, 1923 -- Cretan Crisis, 1896 -- Crete, Battle of, 1941 -- Crimean War, Balkan Operations -- Croat Forces, 1991-1995 -- Croat War, 1991-1995 -- Cypriot Civil War, 1963 -- Cyprus War, 1974 -- Dayton Peace Accords, 1995 -- Dimitriev, Radko (1859-1918) -- Dimitrijevic, Dragutin (1876-1917) -- Djilas, Milovan (1911-1995) -- Dobro Pole, Battle of, 1918 -- Dobrudja -- Dodecanese Campaign, 1944 -- Doiran, Battles of, 1915-1918 -- EAM/ELAS -- EDES -- Enver Pasha (1882-1922) -- Epirus -- Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria (1861-1948) -- Fiume/Rijeka, 1919-1924 -- Gallipoli, 1915 -- Germany in the Balkans during World War I, 111 Germany in the Balkans during World War II -- Greco-Italian War, 1940-1941 -- Greco-Ottoman War, 1897 -- Greco-Turkish War, 1919-1922 -- Greece, Invasion of, 1941 -- Greece in the Balkan Wars -- Greece in World War I -- Greece in World War II -- Greek Civil War -- Greek Military Coup, 1909 -- Greek War of Independence, 1821-1832 -- Greens (Montenegro) -- Handschar SS Division -- Herzegovina Revolt, 1875 -- The Holocaust in the Balkans -- Horseshoe, Operation, 1998 -- Hoxha, Enver (1908-1985) -- Ilinden Uprising, 1903 -- Iron Guard -- Italy in the Balkans during WorldWar I -- Italy in the Balkans during World War II -- Izetbegovic, Alija (1925-2003) -- Janina, Siege of, 1912-1913 -- JNA (Yugoslav People's Army) -- Kalimantsi, Battle of, 1913 -- Karadzic, Radovan (1945-) -- Karageorge (George Petrovic; 1768-1818) -- Kemal, Mustafa (1881-1938) -- Kosovo, Battle of, 1915 -- Kosovo Liberation Army -- Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Kumanovo, Battle of, 1912 -- Lake Prespa, Battle of, 1917 -- Lausanne, Treaty of, 1923 -- Levski, Vasil (1837-1873) -- Little Entente -- London, Treaty of, 1913 -- Lyule Burgas-Buni Hisar, Battle of, 1912 -- Macedonia -- Macedonian Front, 1915-1918 -- Macedonian War, 2001 -- Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (1785-1839) -- Mahmud Muhtar Pasha (1866-1935) -- Marasesti, Battle of, 1917 -- Mehmet Ali (1769-1849) -- Metaxas, Ioannis (1871-1941) -- Michael I, King of Romania (1921-) -- Mihailov, Ivan (1896-1990) -- Mihajlovic, Dragoljub "Draza" (1893-1946) -- Military League (Bulgaria) -- Milosevic, Slobodan (1941-2006) -- Mladic, Ratko (1943-) -- Montenegro in Balkan Events, 1876-1878 -- Montenegro in the Balkan Wars -- Montenegro in World War I -- National Schism (Greece), 1916-1917 -- NATO in the Balkans -- Navarino, Battle of, 1827 -- Nedic, Milan (1877-1946) -- Neuilly, Treaty of, 1920 -- Nikola I, King of Montenegro (1841-1921) -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Novi Pazar, Sanjak of -- Obrenovic, Milan (1854-1901) -- Obrenovic, Milos (1780-1860) -- Odessa, Siege of, 1941 -- Ottoman Counterinsurgency Operations in the Balkans and Crete -- Ottoman Empire -- Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars -- Ottoman Empire in World War I -- Papandreou, George (1888-1968) -- Partisans, Albania -- Partisans, Bulgaria -- Partisans, Yugoslavia -- Pavelic, Ante (1889-1959) -- Pleven, Siege of, 1877 -- Ploesti, Bombing of, 1943-1944 -- Princip, Gavrilo (1894-1918) -- Putnik, Radomir (1847-1917) -- Radomir Rebellion, 1918 -- Romania, Invasion of, 1916 -- Romania, Invasion of, 1944 -- Romania in the Balkan Wars -- Romania in World War I -- Romania in World War II -- Romanian Campaign in Hungary, 1919 -- Romanian Campaign in Hungary, 1944-1945 -- Romanian Coup, August 1944 -- Romanian Peasant Uprising -- Russo-Ottoman War, 1806-1812 -- Russo-Ottoman War, 1828-1829 -- Russo-Ottoman War, 1877-1878 -- Saint-Germain, Treaty of, 1919 -- Sakarya River, Battle of, 1921 -- Salonika -- San Stefano, Treaty of, 1878 -- Sarajevo, Siege of, 1992-1995 -- Sarajevo Assassination, 1914 -- Sarkoy and Baloyir, Battles of, 1913 -- Savov, Mihail (1857-1928) -- Scutari, Siege of, 1912-1913 -- Selim III (1761-1808) -- Serbia, Invasions of, 1914 -- Serbia, Invasions of, 1915 -- Serbia and the Balkan Wars -- Serbia in World War I -- Serbian Retreat, 1915 -- Serbian War of Independence, 1804-1817 -- Serbo-Ottoman War, 1876 -- Sevres, Treaty of, 1920 -- Shipka Pass, Battles of, 1877-1878 -- Skanderbeg SS Division -- Slivnitsa, Battle of, 1885 -- Slovene War, 1991 -- Smyrna, Destruction of, 1922 -- Srebrenica Massacre, 1995 -- Stalingrad, Battle of, 1942-1943 -- Stamboliski, Aleksandur (1879-1923) -- Stepanovic, Stepa (1856-1929) -- Storm, Operation, 1995 -- Suleyman Husnu Pasha (1838-1892) -- Tepelene, Ali Pasha (1744-1822) -- Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980) -- Transnistrian War -- Trianon, Treaty of, 1920 -- Trieste Dispute -- Truman Doctrine -- Tsolakoglou, Georgios (1886-1948) -- Tudjman, Franjo (1922-1999) -- UNPROFOR -- Ustasa -- Vance-Owen Plan, 1993 -- Vaphiadis, Markos (1906-1992) -- Venizelos, Eleutherios (1864-1936) -- Vienna Award, Second -- Vladimirescu, Tudor (1780-1821) -- VMRO -- Vukovar, Siege of, 1991 -- Warsaw Pact -- World War II Peace Settlement in the Balkans -- Young Turks -- Ypsilantis, Alexander (1792-1828) -- Yugoslavia -- Yugoslavia, Axis Occupation Forces in World War II -- Yugoslavia, Collaborationist Forces in World War II -- Yugoslavia, Invasion of, 1941 -- Yugoslavia in World War II -- Yugoslav Military Coup -- Yugoslav Overflight Incidents, 1946 -- Yugoslav-Soviet Split -- Yugoslav Wars, 1991-1995 -- Yugoslav Wars, 1991-1995, Causes -- Yugoslav Wars, 1991-1995, Consequences -- Zhekov, Nikola (1864-1949) -- Zog, King of the Albanians (1895-1961).