The Macedonian Question - Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949

Zusatztext offers a well-documented analysis of the British approach towards the Macedonian question ... a uniquepublication in the field Informationen zum Autor Dimitris Livanios is Assistant Professor of History at the Aristotle University of Salonica, Greece. Klappentext The Macedonian Question-the struggle over a territory with historically ill-defined borders and conflicting national identities-is one of the most intractable issues in Balkan history. Dimitris Livanios explores the British dimension to the problem, from the outbreak of the Second World War to the aftermath of the Tito-Stalin split. Zusammenfassung The Macedonian Question-the struggle over a territory with historically ill-defined borders and conflicting national identities-is one of the most intractable issues in Balkan history. Dimitris Livanios explores the British dimension to the problem, from the outbreak of the Second World War to the aftermath of the Tito-Stalin split. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration Abbreviations Part One: Weaving the Nessus shirt, 1870-1939 1: Introduction 2: Tampering with the 'Sleeping Dogs': Britain and Macedonia, 1878-1935 Part Two: Wartime, 1939-1945 3: Chronicle of Failures Foretold: Britain and Bulgar-Yugoslav Relations, 1939-1943 4: The Difficult Withdrawal: Britain and the Bulgarian Army in Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia, September-December, 1944 5: Ghost Resurrected: Bulgar-Yugoslav Negotiations for Federation, and the British Response, 1944-1945 Part Three: From War to Cold War, 1945-1949 6: Between Centralism and Separatism: The Emergence of the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 1944-1948 7: Britain and the Macedonian Question, 1945-1949 8: A loveless, but necessary, entanglement Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Dimitris Livanios, Livanios Dimitris
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199237685
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923768-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Macedonia, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Second World War, North Macedonia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater