Bibliograph

Balkan ghosts, a journey through history, Robert D. Kaplan

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Balkan ghosts, a journey through history, Robert D. Kaplan

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Balkan ghosts

Oclc number

27107919

Responsibility statement

Robert D. Kaplan

Sub title

a journey through history

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Saints, terrorists, blood, and holy water -- pt. 1. Yugoslavia : historical overtures: Croatia : "Just so they could go to heaven" ; Old Serbia and Albania : Balkan "West Bank" ; Macedonia : "A hand thirsting towards the realm of the stars" ; The white city and its prophet -- pt. 2. Romania : Latin passion play: Athenee Palace, Bucharest ; The Danube's bitter end ; Moldavia : "Conditioned to hate" ; The land beyond Dracula's castle : the painted monastaries of Bucovina ; Transylvanian voices ; Transylvanian tale : the Pied Piper's children go back to Hamelin ; Last glimpses : Timisoara and Bucharest -- pt. 3. Bulgaria : tales from communsit Byzantium: "The warmth of each other's bodies" ; The price of friendship ; The bad and the good -- pt. 4. Greece : Western mistress, Eastern bride: Farewell to Salonika ; "Teach me, Zorba, teach me to dance" ; The secret history -- Epilogue: The road to Adrianople

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