Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War

A new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, exploring the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers, personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito, and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination.

List of contents

• Introduction


• PART ONE: THE STORMS BREAK


• 1: Mussolini


• 2: Hitler


• 3: Stalin


• 4: Churchill


• 5: Tito


• PART TWO: THE MOUNTING CRISIS


• 6: Early Signs


• 7: Collision Course


• Conclusion without an Ending

About the author

Alfred J. Rieber is University Professor Emeritus at the Central European University, where he was Chair of History from 1996 to 2000. He previously taught at Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of many books, including Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands. From the Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War (2014), which won the 2015 World History Association Bentley Prize, and Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia (2015), which was shortlisted for the Pushkin Prize in Russian History in 2016.

Summary

A new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, exploring the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers, personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito, and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination.

Additional text

The book is written in an academic popular style and is intended for a wide audience and relies on a scrupulous analysis of primary sources... The work of Rieber is especially valuable , in my view, as part of the growing field of research devoted to the origins of the split between Tito and Stalin.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred J. Rieber, Alfred J. (Professor Emeritus of History Rieber, Alfred J. (University Professor Emeritus Rieber, Rieber Alfred J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780192858030
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285803-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), The Balkans, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General