Table of Contents

Shifting Serbias - kings, tsars, despots and patriarchs, from the beginning to the 18th century; Serbia takes root - the liberators, Karageorge and Prince Milos, 1804-1839; Serbia becomes a state -from autonomy to independence, 1839-1878; independent Serbia - rival dynasties and political parties, 1878-1914; Serbia at war - between destruction and Yugoslavia, 1914-1918; Serbia into Yugoslavia -between the two world wars, 1918-1945; fragments of Serbia - victims, resisters and collaborators, 1941-1945; Serbia under Tito - part of a wider communist plan, 1945-1980; Serbia after Broz - from Tito's apotheosis to Milosevic's consecration, 1980-1989; Serbia in darkness -the Milosevic years, the 1990s; conclusion - a plea for Saint Guy.

Reviews

'a highly readable narrative of nineteenth and twentieth century Serbian history [A...] told with verve and deep knowledge.' -Mark Mazower, author of Dark Continent: Europe in the Twentieth Century, Penguin Books