Table of Contents

Introduction; Reconnecting the 20th Century Histories of Southeastern Europe; Chapter I. Charisma, Religion and Ideology: Romania's Interwar Legion of the Archangel Michael; Chapter II. 'We Were Defending the State': Nationalism, Myth, and Memory in 20th century Croatia; Chapter III. Young, Religious and Radical: The Croat Catholic Youth Organizations 1922 - 1945; Chapter IV. Common Heroes, Divided Claims. IMRO between Macedonia and Bulgaria; Chapter V. How to Use a Classic: Petar Petroviae Njego' in the 20th Century; Chapter VI. 'The Happy Child' as the Icon of Socialist Transformation: Yugoslavia's Pioneer Organization; Chapter VII. Popular Culture and Communist Ideology: Folk Epics in Tito's Yugoslavia; Chapter VIII. Sounds and Noise in Socialist Bulgaria; Chapter IX. Greater Albania: The Albanian State and the Question of Kosovo, 1912 - 2001; Chapter X. Struggling with Yugoslavism: Dilemmas of Interwar Serb Political Thought; Chapter XI. Communist Yugoslavia and Its 'Others' Contributors Index

About the Author

John Lampe works as Professor at the Department of History of the University of Maryland; Mark Mazower is Professor at the School of History of Birkbeck College, London University.

Reviews

"This ably edited volume dealing with twentieth-century southeastern Europe is most welcome. ...the project coorrdinators came to an agreement with their collaborators to foicus on nationalis, communism, fascism, liberalism, and religion. And indeed, all of these elements may be found between the covers of this volume, although the contributors were evidently given free rein. ...this volume offers insights into some neglected areas and is a most welcome addition to the literature on the history of East Central Europe."
*American Historical Review*

"A truly unique and splendid addition to historical writing on southeastern Europe... Unique is the editors' insistence that each author include several translated primary sources. The diversity of sources is unrivaled by any documentary reader available to those of us who teach European, east European or Balkan history."
*Slavic Review*