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<p>"If the underlying crust of the earth in the Balkans is cracked and shifting along great tectonic fault lines, so the people on the Balkan surface are affected by the faulty lines made by man."<br> -- From <i>The Fracture Zone</i></p> <p>Terrible things have been going on in the Balkans for centuries, and they are likely to go on for centuries more to come. It is an area of great contrasts-geographically beautiful, yet the underlying crust of the region is cracked along great tectonic fault lines. These natural fault lines pale in comparison to the borders made by man, which have added further layers of complexity to a region where war is frequent, horrors are unspeakable, and history is unfathomable. It is not an area of the world that many would care to visit--unless they had been there before.</p> <p>Simon Winchester, a seasoned reporter, visited the region twenty years ago. During the recent Kosovo crisis, he remembered that first trip and the people he met, and he decided that parallel journeys might well be a device for explaining with sympathy the true nature of this fractured region. Two great capitals, Vienna and Istanbul, whose ceaseless imperial rivalries in the past

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Author

Winchester, Simon

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060954949

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Political Science, Travel

Rating

4.2 / 5 (67 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14