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Bosnia : a Short History by Malcolm, Noel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bosnia : a Short History about?
The most comprehensive narrative history of Bosnia available in English This updated edition of Noel Malcolm's highly-acclaimed A Short History provides the reader with the most comprehensive narrative history of Bosnia in the English language. Malcolm examines the different religious and ethnic inhabitants of Bosnia, a land of vast cultural upheaval where the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the Ottomans, and the Austro-Hungarians overlapped. Clarifying the various myths that have clouded the modern understanding of Bosnia's past, Malcolm brings to light the true causes of the country's destruction. This expanded edition of Bosnia includes a new epilogue by the author examining the failed Vance-Owen peace plan, the tenuous resolution of the Dayton Accords, and the efforts of the United Nations to keep the uneasy peace. What went wrong in the country where Christians and Muslims mingled and tolerated each other for over five centuries? It was a land with a vibrant political and cultural history, unlike any other in Europe, where great powers and religions-the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the Ottomans; the faiths of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, and Islam overlapped a
Who reads Bosnia : a Short History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Malcolm, Noel
- Publisher
- Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780333616789
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.08 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14