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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0192672797 

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Author:   Alfred J. Rieber 

In a new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, Alfred J. Rieber explores the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination. The study takes an original approach to the region based on the geography, social conditions, and imperial rivalries that spans several centuries, culminating in three wars during the first half of the twentieth century. Against this background, Rieber focuses on leadership – personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito – as the key to explaining events. For each one the Balkans represented a strategic prize vital for the fulfilment of their ambitious war aims. For the local forces the destabilization of the war offered the opportunity to reorder societies, expel ethnic minorities, and expand national borders. Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War illustrates how the leaders of the external powers were forced to improvise their tactics and compromise their ideologies under the pressure of war and the competing claims of their allies and clients. Neither the Axis nor the Allied camps were uniform blocs, and deep divisions ran through the ranks of the resistance and those collaborating with the occupying powers. These tensions contributed to the failure of all the participants in the struggle to achieve their aims. The complexities of the wartime experiences help to explain the persistence of memories and unfulfilled aspirations that continue to haunt the region. The study is based on extensive research in new sources in seven languages.

Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War 1st Table of contents:

Part One: The Storms Break
1. Mussolini
1.1 Spazio vitali
1.2 The First Fascist Trophy
1.3 Enemy Number One
1.4 The Brutal Friendship
1.5 Mussolini and Slovenia
1.6 Patronizing Terrorists
1.7 From Dalmatia to Epirus
1.8 The Albanian Protectorate
1.9 From Dreams to Nightmare
2. Hitler
A Greater Germany
Making Germans Again
Danubian Illusions
Racial Policy Compromised: Croatia
Caught in the Crossfire
A Serbian Puppet
Ambivalent Collaborators—the Chetniks
Decline and Fall
The Albanian Exception
3. Stalin
The Defensive Glacis
Transitions to Socialism
4. Churchill
Appeasing Italy
The Mediterranean Strategy
Linking Up with the Partisans
The Greek Connection
5. Tito
Tito as Leader
A People’s Liberation
The Montenegro Rising
The Federal Idea
The Croatian Challenge
The Slovenes: “Something Special”
Part Two: Wind Rising From the East
6. Early Signs
The Crisis over Trieste
Piecing Together the New Yugoslavia
Tito Spreads His Wings
A Balkan Federation
Engaging the Albanians
7. A Chill Sets In
The Greek Imbroglio
The Dénouement
Tito’s Fading Vision
Conclusion: Storms Abate but then Build up
Select Bibliography of Primary Sources

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