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"The first comprehensive history of the relationship in the modern era between the great powers and the various Balkan peoples." (San Francisco Chronicle) This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical... read more

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On a freezing morning late January 1804, Mehmed-aga Focic saddled one of his Arabian horses and headed south-west out of Belgrade in the direction of Valjevo.

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  1. Misha Glenny (Author)

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