Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History Dutch Literature one of whom recounts a

one of whom recounts a fantastical event during the Battle of Mons in August 1914

hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites

how they wanted the public to see them

New Zealanders and Turks - some who survived

the Austro-Hungarian army lay in ruins and the course of the war seemed all but decided

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History Dutch Literature one of whom recounts aDescription By Robert D Kaplan Paperback From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston