Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (Repost)
Croatia: A Nation Forged in War By Marcus Tanner
1998 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 0300076681 , 0300069332 | PDF | 73 MB
1998 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 0300076681 , 0300069332 | PDF | 73 MB
Left in tatters after the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, the new country of Croatia has served as a troubled crossroads between East and West since the Dark Ages. Veteran journalist Marcus Tanner set out to write the recent history of this nation, but found it impossible to cover the 1990s without referring to World War II, and impossible to write about that period without going back even further. So he begins his account in the 7th century, covers Croatian history in a brief but thorough manner, and spends the final third of his book describing how Croatia regained its sovereignty in 1992. A glut of books on the Balkan War give short shrift to this intriguing story. Tanner corrects this problem with a fine and unique contribution.