Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

by Robert D. Kaplan

• ISBN13: 9780312087012
• ISBN10: 0312087012
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-04-01
• Publisher: St Martins Pr

Summary

Uncovering the ancient roots of conflict in this explosive region, veteran reporter Kaplan presents a vivid portrait of a land ruled by ethnic violence and political oppression, and of a people struggling to create their own future.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Map of the Balkans
Prologue: Saints, Terrorists, Blood, and Holy Water
Yugoslavia: Historical Overtures
Croatia: "Just So They Could Go to Heaven"	p. 3
Old Serbia and Albania: Balkan "West Bank"	p. 29
Macedonia: "A Hand Thirsting Towards the Realm of the Stars"	p. 49
The White City and Its Prophet	p. 71
Romania: Latin Passion Play
Athenee Palace, Bucharest	p. 79
The Danube's Bitter Kind	p. 100
Moldavia: "Conditioned to Hate"	p. 117
The Land Beyond Dracula's Castle: The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina	p. 134
Transylvanian Voices	p. 148
Transylvanian Tale: The Pied Piper's Children Go Back to Hamelin	p. 169
Last Glimpses: Timisoara and Bucharest	p. 181
Bulgaria: Tales from Communist Byzantium
"The Warmth of Each Other's Bodies"	p. 193
The Price of Friendship	p. 214
The Bad and the Good	p. 220
Greece: Western Mistress, Eastern Bride
Farewell to Salonika	p. 233
"Teach Me, Zorba. Teach Me to Dance!"	p. 249
The Secret History	p. 260
Epilogue: The Road to Adrianople	p. 282
Selected Bibliography	p. 288
Index	p. 297
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