Balkan Ghosts (Departures)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679749813 (0679749810)
Publish date: March 15th 1994
Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House (NY)
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Writing,
History,
Travelogue,
Cultural,
Journalism,
War,
Politics,
European History,
World History,
Bulgaria
☆☆☆★★-- Kaplan's 2005 BALKAN GHOSTS probably deserves the fourth star, but after the 5/5 tour de force of ENDS OF THE EARTH and the probably over-generous 4/5 rating on COMING ANARCHY, I'll for these two separate reasons (the over-accomplishment on the former; the over-rating on the latter) ease dow...
Go read Rebecca West instead. This attempt to update her work is not serious.
A friend gave me this book as I deployed in B-H during SFOR/IFOR. This is essential reading to understand this turbulent area. The book is dark and brooding while not all the Balkans are quite so depressing. Romania was a delight and Bulgaria was a fine stay. Read this but don't write the area of...
A friend gave me this book as I deployed in B-H during SFOR/IFOR. This is essential reading to understand this turbulent area. The book is dark and brooding while not all the Balkans are quite so depressing. Romania was a delight and Bulgaria was a fine stay. Read this but don't write the area of...
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