Thinking about Yugoslavia

The Yugoslav break up and conflict have given rise to a considerable literature offering dramatically different interpretations of what happened. But just how do the various interpretations relate to each other? This ambitious new book by Sabrina Ramet an eminent commentator on recent Balkan politics and history reviews and analyses more than 130 books about the troubled region and compares their accounts theories and interpretations of events. Ramet surveys the major debates which divide the field alternative accounts of the causes of Yugoslavia''s violent collapse and the scholarly debates concerning humanitarian intervention. Rival accounts are presented side by side for easy comparison. Thinking about Yugoslavia examines books on Slovenia Croatia Serbia Bosnia-Herzegovina Macedonia Montenegro and Kosovo which were published in English German Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian and Italian thus offering the English-speaking reader a unique insight into the controversies.