Acknowledgements
Maps
Introduction
1 A confederacy of peasants
Rebellion and revolution, 1804–66
2 The realm of ruins
Reform and decay, 1839–78
3 A maze of conspiracy
The southern Balkans, 1878–1914
4 The empire of illusions
The northern Balkans, 1878–1914
5 A house of wars
War and peace, 1914–24
6 The palaces of deceit
The royal dictatorships, 1923–41
7 City of the dead
Occupation, genocide, liberation, civil war, 1941–49
8 Prisons of history
Communism and militarism, 1949–89
Epilogue: The Balkan Vortex
Nationalism, war and NATO, 1989–99
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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