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Archive for April, 2005

Reader’s Choice: April’s Most Popular Books

This month on Balkanalysis.com, readers primarily selected books that have recently been reviewed on these pages with, as usual, a few related (and not so related) exceptions.
Balkan history from the first third of the last century was well represented, with readers picking up books like the newly-reviewed Stjepan Radic, the [...]

Stjepan Radic, the Croat Peasant Party, and the Politics of Mass Mobilization

Stjepan Radic, the Croat Peasant Party, and the Politics of Mass Mobilization, 1904-1928
By Mark Biondich
University of Toronto Press (2000), 344 pp.
Reviewed by Christopher Deliso
This invaluable contribution to Croatian political life in the early twentieth century, centered on the towering figure of Stjepan Radic (1871-1928), chronicles the development of Croatian political [...]

Seven Sheet Cakes and Three Cheese Displays

By Christopher Deliso
In November 2003, the Transportation Security Administration – one of the front-line fighters in the war on terror – shelled out almost half a million dollars for one glorious night of awards and entertainment. According to an internal investigation [...]

Western Media Ignores Serb, US Memorials of Jasenovac Death Camp

Although they swarmed to the 60th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the largest WWII concentration camp at Auschwitz on 27 January, the Western media almost completely ignored a similar event held this past Sunday to recognize the 60th anniversary of the closing of Jasenovac, the notorious Croat Ustasha concentration [...]

The Missing Link- Apologies to Readers of ‘Military Operations Macedonia’ Review

A quick apology to readers of the Military Operations Macedonia book review published recently on Balkanalysis.com: the link to the actual book originally embedded in the article was mistakenly set to the second volume of this work, not the first as it should have been.
That has been corrected in the above review. Or, you [...]

The Benevolent Empire At Work: the EU, Hubris and the Balkans

It is remarkable that Timothy Garton Ash, writing about the issue of EU expansion in the Balkans, can correctly point out the dangers of inciting internal grumblings about “overextension” and taking in the poor masses – and still conclude that “…isn’t the prospect of a Pax Europeana, embracing the whole continent, [...]

Another Side of the Pope: John Paul II’s Balkan Legacy

By Carl Savich
What will be Pope John Paul II’s legacy? In the week between his death and funeral, the media have lionized him with candy-coated encomiums as a peace-loving pope who brought down Communism and ushered in the New World Order. His place in history is assured as a determined anti-Communist [...]

Military Operations Macedonia: The Official British History

Military Operations Macedonia (Part 1), From the Outbreak of War to the Spring of 1917
The Imperial War Museum and The Battery Press (1933, reprinted 1997), 409 pp., 8 appendices, 16 maps (including 1 fold-out) and 5 pictures
Rescuing long-forgotten details of the First World War in the Balkans, this [...]

Macedonia Joins the EU, Rivals Look on with Envy

In a spectacular reversal of fortunes, beleaguered Macedonia has been declared a full European Union member state, effective immediately. In an unprecedented act of solidarity, the bloc voted unanimously to pass the Bucherinska Act, to reward the year’s most obedient beggar state.
“As far as we’re concerned,” stated EU Enlargement Chief Ollie [...]