Croatia: A Nation Forged in War: A Nation Forged in War; Third Edition - Brossura

Tanner, Marcus

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ISBN 10: 0300163940 ISBN 13: 9780300163940

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter controversy and bloodshed: the savage war between pro-independence forces and the Yugoslav army left about one-third of the country in ruins and resulted in the flight of a quarter of a million of the country's Serbian minority.

In this book an eyewitness to the breakup of Yugoslavia provides the first full account of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Croatia from its medieval origins to today's tentative peace. Marcus Tanner describes the creation of the first Croatian state; its absorption into feudal Hungary in the Middle Ages; the catastrophic experience of the Ottoman invasion; the absorption of the diminished country into Habsburg Austria; the evolution of modern Croatian nationalism after the French Revolution; and the circumstances that propelled Croatia into the arms of Nazi Germany and the brutal, home-grown "Ustashe" movement in the Second World War. Finally, drawing on first-hand knowledge of many of the leading figures in the conflict, Tanner explains the failure of Tito's Communists to solve Yugoslavia's tortured national problem by creating a federal state, and the violent implosion after his death.

Croatia's unique position on the crossroads of Europe—between Eastern and Western Christendom, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans and between the old Habsburg and Ottoman empires—has been both a curse and a blessing, inviting the attention of larger and more powerful neighbors. The turbulence and drama of Croatia's past are vigorously portrayed in this powerful history.

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Recensione:

'Readable and stimulating... Long-overdue corrective to the onesidedly negative view long entertained about Croatia by the educated British public.' Times Higher Education Supplement. 'Lucid and accessible.' Melanie McDonagh, Evening Standard. --'Times Higher Education Supplement', 'London Evening Standard'

L'autore:

Marcus Tanner is editor of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and a leader writer for the London Independent.  He is also the author of Ireland’s Holy Wars, The Last of the Celts, and The Raven King.
^Marcus Tanner was Balkan correspondent for the Independent from 1988 to 1994 and subsequently the paper's assistant foreign editor. He is also the author of Ireland's Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul, 1500-2000, published by Yale.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0300163940
• ISBN 13: 9780300163940
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 378