Table of Contents

List of maps; Preface; Introduction; Part I. War and National Consolidation, 1887–1941: 1. The Balkan national monarchies; 2. The dual monarchy: Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1914; 3. The end of Ottoman rule in Europe: the Albanian and Macedonian questions; 4. World War I; 5. The first postwar decade; 6. Balkan authoritarian regimes: the outbreak of World War II; Part II. World War II and the Postwar Developments: 7. The Balkan states in World War II; 8. The immediate postwar readjustments: the Greek civil war and the Yugoslav-Soviet conflict; 9. The Communist governments, 1950–1980; 10. The Greek alternative; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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This volume concentrates on the Balkan wars and World War II, focusing particularly on Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia since 1945.