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...background work on the history, wars, and invasions of the Balkans and how this background has affected the present unsettled situation.

Table of Contents

Preface Illustrations Introduction Historical Perspective Hellas (Greece) Turkey The Former Yugoslavia Other Balkan Countries: Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania Economic Growth, Foreign Trade, and International Relations Balkan and European Cooperation Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

NICHOLAS V. GIANARIS is Professor of Economics at Fordham University. Dr. Gianaris is the author of nine books with Praeger, including Modern Capitalism: Privatization, Employee Ownership, and Industrial Democracy (1996), The European Community, Eastern Europe, and Russia: Economic and Political Changes (1994), Contemporary Economic Systems: A Regional and Country Approach (1993), and The European Community and the United States: Economic Relations (1991). Three other books deal with Greece and the Balkan area.

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"Gianaris presents a brief historical review from ancient times to the present of the Balkan countries (defined as Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia), focusing on the underlying geopolitical factors that have affected the process of their development.... [T]he study seeks to reveal the main characteristics of these countries and to review developmental trends toward closer cooperation among them and with the European Union."-Choice

?Gianaris presents a brief historical review from ancient times to the present of the Balkan countries (defined as Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia), focusing on the underlying geopolitical factors that have affected the process of their development.... [T]he study seeks to reveal the main characteristics of these countries and to review developmental trends toward closer cooperation among them and with the European Union.?-Choice