War in the Balkans : an encyclopedic history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia / Richard C. Hall, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1950- editor.

Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Military.

Balkan Peninsula--History, Military--20th century--Encyclopedias.

Balkan Peninsula.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Military history.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 411 pages) : illustrations, maps

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]

System Details:

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Summary:

This reference traces the sociopolitical history of the Balkans, beginning with the break away from the Ottoman Empire, and continuing through the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Yugoslav Wars 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.

Contents:

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

BalkanWars, 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

C ? etniks

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, Milovan (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, 111 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 WorldWar 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

Karadzic, 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 "Draza" (1893-1946)

Military League (Bulgaria)

Milosevic, 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, Milos (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

Sevres, 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

Suleyman Husnu 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

Ustasa

Vance-Owen Plan, 1993

Vaphiadis, Markos (1906-1992)

Venizelos, Eleutherios (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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374) and index.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: War in the Balkans.

ISBN:

9781610690317

1610690311

OCLC:

893439664

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