The Balkan Wars from Contemporary Perception to Historic Memory (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater importance than the First World War for the construction of nations and states. This volume shows how these "short" wars profoundly changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were Europe's "powder keg", perpetuated at the beginning of the twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an international readership. They make an indispensable contribution to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2016
Editors:	Katrin Boeckh • Sabine Rutar
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	350
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-83101-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	3-319-83101-1
Barcode:	9783319831015

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