Timothy Judah was Balkans correspondent for the London Times and the Economist reporting from Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia.
"Two fine and well-written works. . . . The authors, British
journalists who covered the Yugoslav wars, are well worth reading.
Their respective accounts give insights into the historical baggage
the Yugoslav ethnic groups brought to their latest
convulsions."—Dusko Doder, Boston Globe
"Tim Judah has written a lively and balanced history of the Serbs
that begins with their successful medieval efforts to establish a
state and ends with their failed attempt in the 1990s to create
Greater Serbia."—Aleksa Djilas, New York Times Book Review
"A very good book...Judah cleverly interprets Serbia's sad present
in the light of its past."—Sunday Times
"[Tanner and Judah] bring to bear wide knowledge of Yugoslavia and
shared experience of Europe's worst war since 1945. Each gives a
good historical survey and an account of the war's causes."—The
Economist
"Readable and stimulating. . . . Judah's book is a polemical
attempt to counter the 'demonisation' of the Serbs. But it is far
from being a whitewash: with very few exceptions, he successfully
walks the tightrope between 'balance' and relativisation."—Brendan
Simms, Times Higher Education Supplement
"An eloquent plea for the centrality of the past in any explanation
of the catastrophic present. . . . A remarkable book about
Croatia."—David Rieff, Globe & Mail
"The book's scope and quality recommend it."—Zachary T. Irwin,
Library Journal
"Judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the
calamitous situation of the Serbs today through a meticulous
consideration of the Serb past."—David Rieff, Toronto Globe and
Mail
"[Judah] set out to make a complex phenomenon comprehensible to the
non-academic reader and has done so with great clarity and skill.
For anyone who has served in the Balkans or who is due to do so,
this book should be seen as indispensable reading."—Peter Williams,
British Army Review
"Tim Judah's book is an ambitious and valiant attempt to bring
together the real history of the Serbs and the myths and theories
in which that history was handed down."—Melanie McDonagh, Evening
Standard
"Judah has written a readable and intelligent volume, carefully
researched and judiciously constructed . . . about the unsuccessful
attempts of the Serbs to re-create a greater Serbia."—William Peter
Kaldis, History: Reviews of New Books
"In addition to being a work of real quality. . . . [it] fills an
important gap. . . . A mix of on-the-spot reportage, history and
analysis, well-researched and proof-read and conveying a sense both
of immediacy and of a wider perspective."—Christopoher Cviic,
International Affairs
"[This book] is well paced, reasonably succinct and very readable;
[it] very properly and interestingly uses broad sweeps of history
to help explain recent developments and present
circumstances."—George Bull, International Minds
"A stunning new history."—Robert Fisk, Irish Times
"I found Judah's work to be highly original, providing new insight
into our reading of the collapse of Yugoslavia and the rise of
Serbian nationalism. In addition, his treatment of Serbian history
was also thorough and clever. . . . [It] is extremely well written
and interesting. Judah weaves together a rich tapestry of
historical Serbian myths, and demonstrates their current
applicability in Serbian national thought, and as motivating
factors in the Yugoslav crisis."—David B. MacDonald, Millennium,
Journal of International Studies
"This book is much better than any comparable volume. . . . The
entire book is very readable and tells a compelling story."—South
Slav Journal
"Judah . . . offers a highly readable history of the Serbs from
medieval times to the present, with judicious comments on the rise
of the Kosovo Liberation Army and Nato’s bombing campaign. It is
one of the best attempts to explain a situation which has baffled
the West throughout history."—The Herald (Glasgow)
“It remains a definitive, and relevant, text for students, lay
readers and even scholars. As an introductory work to the
background and causes of the disintegration of the Yugoslav state
and the subsequent events it has few rivals.”—Kenneth Morrison,
Slavonic & East European Review, Vol. 89, No. 3
"The aim of this book is to trace the history of the Serbs and to
explain how they came to be where they are, and in the case of
Croatia were until 1995. It is to trace the way that the centre of
Serbian life migrated with its people from south to north and to
explain how the idea of 'Serbdom,' as the Serbs call it, was kept
alive during the centuries of Ottoman rule. It is also to explore
why, with the fall of communism, they enthusiastically acclaimed
Slobodan Milosevic, an opportunistic and cynical leader who was
interested only in power."—From the preface
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