Includes maps of: Ancient Macedonian Kingdom; Slavs in the Balkans; Language Distribution in the Balkans in the Nineteenth Century; Macedonia in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century; Republic of Macedonia; Balkans in the Early 1900s. Originally published: 1997.

Two ancient and separate nations -- Origins of the Macedonian population -- The Hellenization of the Macedonians -- The great ethnic mix of Greece -- Aegean Macedonia -- The development of a Macedonian national consciousness -- The Macedonain language: the mother of written Slavic languages? -- Macedonia today -- The course and meaning of the Greek embargo against Macedonia -- Macedonia in the South Balkans: theories about war.