About the Book
This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day.
The Balkan Peninsula, which consists of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and the former Yugoslavia, resides in the southeastern part of the European continent. Its strategic location as well as its long and bloody history of conflict have helped to define the Balkans' role in global affairs. This singular reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that have made this region an international player and shaped warfare there for hundreds of years.
Historian and author Richard C. Hall traces the sociopolitical history of the area, starting with the early internal conflicts as the Balkan states attempted to break away from the Ottoman Empire to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that ignited World War I to the Yugoslav Wars that erupted in the 1990s and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.
Table of Contents:
List of Maps
Preface
Introduction
Reference Entries
Abdulhamid II (1842–1918)
Adrianople, Siege of, 1912–1913
Adrianople, Treaty of, 1829
Albania, Italian Occupation of, 1939
Albania in the Balkan Wars
Albania in World War I
Albania in World War II
Albanian Uprisings, 1910–1911
Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia (1888–1934)
Alexander Obrenovic, King of Serbia (1876–1903)
Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1857–1893)
Ali Pasha (1750?–1822)
Antonescu, Ion (1882–1946)
Austria-Hungary in the Balkans during World War I
Averescu, Alexandru (1859–1938)
Balkan Entente, 1934
Balkan League
Balkan Pact, 1954
Balkan War, First, 1912–1913
Balkan War, Second, 1913
Balkan Wars, 1912–1913, Causes
Balkan Wars, 1912–1913, Consequences
Balkan Wars, 1912–1913, Naval Campaigns
Balli Kombetar
Berlin, Treaty of, 1878
Bessarabia
Bihac
Black Hand
Black Sea Campaign, 1941–1944
Boris III, Czar of Bulgaria (1894–1943)
Bosnia, Austrian Occupation, 1878
Bosnian Crisis, 1908–1909
Bosnian Forces
Bosnian Revolt, 1876
Bosnian War, 1992–1995
Brioni Agreement
Bucharest, Treaty of, 1913
Bucharest, Treaty of, 1918
Bukovina
Bulgaria in the Balkan Wars
Bulgaria in World War I
Bulgaria in World War II
Bulgarian "Fatherland War," 1944–1945
Bulgarian Horrors, 1876
Bulgarian-Serb War, 1885
Carol I, King of Romania (1839–1914)
Carol II, King of Romania (1893–1953)
Ceausescu, Nicolae (1918–1989)
Cer Mountain, Battle of, 1914
Cetniks
Chataldzha, Battle of, 1912
Cherniaev, M. G. (1824–1898)
Cold War in the Balkans
Constantine I, King of Greece (1868–1923)
Constantinople, Treaty of, 1913
Contested Zone (Macedonia), 1912
Corfu Channel Incident, 1946
Corfu Declaration, 1917
Corfu Incident, 1923
Cretan Crisis, 1896
Crete, Battle of, 1941
Crimean War, Balkan Operations
Croat Forces, 1991–1995
Croat War, 1991–1995
Cypriot Civil War, 1963
Cyprus War, 1974
Dayton Peace Accords, 1995
Dimitriev, Radko (1859–1918)
Dimitrijevic, Dragutin (1876–1917)
Djilas, Milován (1911–1995)
Dobro Pole, Battle of, 1918
Dobrudja
Dodecanese Campaign, 1944
Doiran, Battles of, 1915–1918
EAM/ELAS
EDES
Enver Pasha (1882–1922)
Epirus
Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria (1861–1948)
Fiume/Rijeka, 1919–1924
Gallipoli, 1915
Germany in the Balkans during World War I
Germany in the Balkans during World War II
Greco-Italian War, 1940–1941
Greco-Ottoman War, 1897
Greco-Turkish War, 1919–1922
Greece, Invasion of, 1941
Greece in the Balkan Wars
Greece in World War I
Greece in World War II
Greek Civil War
Greek Military Coup, 1909
Greek War of Independence, 1821–1832
Greens (Montenegro)
Handschar SS Division
Herzegovina Revolt, 1875
The Holocaust in the Balkans
Horseshoe, Operation, 1998
Hoxha, Enver (1908–1985)
Ilinden Uprising, 1903
Iron Guard
Italy in the Balkans during World War I
Italy in the Balkans during World War II
Izetbegovic, Alija (1925–2003)
Janina, Siege of, 1912–1913
JNA (Yugoslav People's Army)
Kalimantsi, Battle of, 1913
Karadžic, Radovan (1945–)
Karageorge (George Petrovic; 1768–1818)
Kemal, Mustafa (1881–1938)
Kosovo, Battle of, 1915
Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo War, 1998–1999
Kumanovo, Battle of, 1912
Lake Prespa, Battle of, 1917
Lausanne, Treaty of, 1923
Levski, Vasil (1837–1873)
Little Entente
London, Treaty of, 1913
Lyule Burgas–Buni Hisar, Battle of, 1912
Macedonia
Macedonian Front, 1915–1918
Macedonian War, 2001
Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (1785–1839)
Mahmud Muhtar Pasha (1866–1935)
Marasesti, Battle of, 1917
Mehmet Ali (1769–1849)
Metaxas, Ioannis (1871–1941)
Michael I, King of Romania (1921–)
Mihailov, Ivan (1896–1990)
Mihajlovic, Dragoljub "Draža" (1893–1946)
Military League (Bulgaria)
Miloševic, Slobodan (1941–2006)
Mladic, Ratko (1943–)
Montenegro in Balkan Events, 1876–1878
Montenegro in the Balkan Wars
Montenegro in World War I
National Schism (Greece), 1916–1917
NATO in the Balkans
Navarino, Battle of, 1827
Nedic, Milan (1877–1946)
Neuilly, Treaty of, 1920
Nikola I, King of Montenegro (1841–1921)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Novi Pazar, Sanjak of
Obrenovic, Milan (1854–1901)
Obrenovic, Miloš (1780–1860)
Odessa, Siege of, 1941
Ottoman Counterinsurgency Operations in the Balkans and Crete
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars
Ottoman Empire in World War I
Papandreou, George (1888–1968)
Partisans, Albania
Partisans, Bulgaria
Partisans, Yugoslavia
Pavelic, Ante (1889–1959)
Pleven, Siege of, 1877
Ploesti, Bombing of, 1943–1944
Princip, Gavrilo (1894–1918)
Putnik, Radomir (1847–1917)
Radomir Rebellion, 1918
Romania, Invasion of, 1916
Romania, Invasion of, 1944
Romania in the Balkan Wars
Romania in World War I
Romania in World War II
Romanian Campaign in Hungary, 1919
Romanian Campaign in Hungary, 1944–1945
Romanian Coup, August 1944
Romanian Peasant Uprising
Russo-Ottoman War, 1806–1812
Russo-Ottoman War, 1828–1829
Russo-Ottoman War, 1877–1878
Saint-Germain, Treaty of, 1919
Sakarya River, Battle of, 1921
Salonika
San Stefano, Treaty of, 1878
Sarajevo, Siege of, 1992–1995
Sarajevo Assassination, 1914
Sarkoy and Baloyir, Battles of, 1913
Savov, Mihail (1857–1928)
Scutari, Siege of, 1912–1913
Selim III (1761–1808)
Serbia, Invasions of, 1914
Serbia, Invasions of, 1915
Serbia and the Balkan Wars
Serbia in World War I
Serbian Retreat, 1915
Serbian War of Independence, 1804–1817
Serbo-Ottoman War, 1876
Sèvres, Treaty of, 1920
Shipka Pass, Battles of, 1877–1878
Skanderbeg SS Division
Slivnitsa, Battle of, 1885
Slovene War, 1991
Smyrna, Destruction of, 1922
Srebrenica Massacre, 1995
Stalingrad, Battle of, 1942–1943
Stamboliski, Aleksandur (1879–1923)
Stepanovic, Stepa (1856–1929)
Storm, Operation, 1995
Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838–1892)
Tepelene, Ali Pasha (1744–1822)
Tito, Josip Broz (1892–1980)
Transnistrian War
Trianon, Treaty of, 1920
Trieste Dispute
Truman Doctrine
Tsolakoglou, Georgios (1886–1948)
Tudjman, Franjo (1922–1999)
UNPROFOR
Ustaša
Vance-Owen Plan, 1993
Vaphiadis, Markos (1906–1992)
Venizélos, Eleuthérios (1864–1936)
Vienna Award, Second
Vladimirescu, Tudor (1780–1821)
VMRO
Vukovar, Siege of, 1991
Warsaw Pact
World War II Peace Settlement in the Balkans
Young Turks
Ypsilantis, Alexander (1792–1828)
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia, Axis Occupation Forces in World War II
Yugoslavia, Collaborationist Forces in World War II
Yugoslavia, Invasion of, 1941
Yugoslavia in World War II
Yugoslav Military Coup
Yugoslav Overflight Incidents, 1946
Yugoslav-Soviet Split
Yugoslav Wars, 1991–1995
Yugoslav Wars, 1991–1995, Causes
Yugoslav Wars, 1991–1995, Consequences
Zhekov, Nikola (1864–1949)
Zog, King of the Albanians (1895–1961)
Chronology
Bibliography
Editor and Contributors
Topical Index
Categorical Index
General Index
About the Editor
About the Author :
Richard C. Hall, PhD, is professor of history in the department of history and political science at Georgia Southwestern State University.
Review :
This excellent set of well-written, concise entries focuses on the major facets of Balkan history, and each writer offers a set of additional readings for further study. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate students and general readers.
