Introduction: the search for viability; 1. Empires and fragmented borderlands, 800–1800; 2. Unifying aspirations and rural resistance, 1804–1903; 3. New divisions, Yugoslav ties and Balkan wars, 1903–1914; 4. The First World War and the first Yugoslavia, 1914–1921; 5. Parliamentary kingdom, 1921–1928; 6. Authoritarian kingdom, 1929–1941; 7. World war and civil war, 1941–1945; 8. Founding the Second Yugoslavia 1946–1953; 9. Tito's Yugoslavia ascending, 1954–1967; 10. Tito's Yugoslavia descending, 1968–1988; 11. Ethnic politics and the end of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia as History is the first book to trace the bloody demise of the former Yugoslavia through its history and its earliest roots.
'This elegantly crafted volume by one of the foremost students of
the Balkans is an important contribution to both Yugoslav and
comparative historiography. The book will engage both scholarly and
lay audiences, and can serve as an important text for academic
courses.' Andrew C. Janos, University of California, Berkeley
'Lampe provides a wide-ranging, perceptive analysis, which is one
of the few to address the problems of inter-war as well as post-war
Yugoslavia. It distills complex issues into intelligible and
readable prose and, importantly, it illustrates Yugoslavia's
strengths as well as its ultimately fatal weaknesses. Lampe's book
will be an invaluable asset to all those who have an interest in
Yugoslavia's history.' Richard Crampton, University of Oxford
'Lampe has the marvellous capacity to write in such a way that
precision and detail in the description of events survive the
compression of the historical account which is inevitable in a
survey of this kind. … For both the undergraduate student and the
general reader interested in making sense of recent Balkan history,
and for the more research-oriented reader looking for a succinct
orientation to the main problems, arguments and sources in the
area, Lampe's book will be an extremely useful resource.' John B.
Allcock, University of Bradford
'Yugoslavia as History sketches an indispensable historical
background to the cataclysmic events that swept away an entire
country. Lampe's book is a corrective to both the hostile and
nostalgic approaches to Yugoslavia. The real story is much more
complex, and Lampe tells it with insight, judgement, and clarity.'
Warren Zimmermann
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