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Loading... Bosnia: A Short History (edition 1996)by Noel Malcolm"Bosnia: A Short History was celebrated on its first publication as a brilliant work of history which set the terrible war in the Balkans in its full historical and political context. This revised edition has been updated with a new chapter that covers the events of the last two years and remains the definitive work on the complex history of Bosnia." --back cover In this post-Yugoslavia world, I'm finding it difficult to tell what those former constituent parts of Yugoslavia, sporting strange names like “Kosovo”, “Montenegro” and “Herzegovina” all fit within Europe, and how (by Australian standards) such small areas got to have such varied histories and traditions. So, Noel Malcolm’s “Bosnia” is a good introduction for chumps like me; scholarly but readable and my atlas was almost in constant use as I tried to understand where everything was and wasn’t. “Bosnia” also shines some light on a hitherto shady part of history; the role of Bosnian Muslims within the Nazi war machine. Some credit goes to the group of Bosnian Muslims who clashed with their German supervisors but prior to them we witnessed several years worth of Bosnian Muslims happily heading off to kill Jews. |
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So, Noel Malcolm’s “Bosnia” is a good introduction for chumps like me; scholarly but readable and my atlas was almost in constant use as I tried to understand where everything was and wasn’t. “Bosnia” also shines some light on a hitherto shady part of history; the role of Bosnian Muslims within the Nazi war machine. Some credit goes to the group of Bosnian Muslims who clashed with their German supervisors but prior to them we witnessed several years worth of Bosnian Muslims happily heading off to kill Jews. ( )