Mark Biondich is an Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches on the Balkans and nationalism and ethnic conflict. The author of Stjepan Radic, the Croat Peasant Party and the Politics of Mass Mobilization, 1904-1928 (2000), he is currently completing a history of Croatian fascism.

Because of its contemporary bibliography and strong synthesis, this is an extremely useful work for understanding modern Balkan conflict and for projecting the future of the region.

• Preface ; 1. Nations, Nationalism and Violence in the Balkans ; 2. From Berlin to Lausanne: The End of Empire and the Demarcation of National Communities, 1878-1923 ; 3. Democracy, Dictatorship and War, 1923-1945 ; 4. Communism, Nationalism and Political Violence, 1945-1989 ; 5. War and Transition since 1989 ; Conclusion: Whither the Balkans? ; Chronology ; Bibliography ; Index

Mark Biondich is an Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches on the Balkans and nationalism and ethnic conflict. The author of Stjepan Radic, the Croat Peasant Party and the Politics of Mass Mobilization, 1904-1928 (2000), he is currently completing a history of Croatian fascism.

Because of its contemporary bibliography and strong synthesis, this is an extremely useful work for understanding modern Balkan conflict and for projecting the future of the region.

• Preface ; 1. Nations, Nationalism and Violence in the Balkans ; 2. From Berlin to Lausanne: The End of Empire and the Demarcation of National Communities, 1878-1923 ; 3. Democracy, Dictatorship and War, 1923-1945 ; 4. Communism, Nationalism and Political Violence, 1945-1989 ; 5. War and Transition since 1989 ; Conclusion: Whither the Balkans? ; Chronology ; Bibliography ; Index

Mark Biondich is an Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches on the Balkans and nationalism and ethnic conflict. The author of Stjepan Radic, the Croat Peasant Party and the Politics of Mass Mobilization, 1904-1928 (2000), he is currently completing a history of Croatian fascism.

Because of its contemporary bibliography and strong synthesis, this is an extremely useful work for understanding modern Balkan conflict and for projecting the future of the region.

• Preface ; 1. Nations, Nationalism and Violence in the Balkans ; 2. From Berlin to Lausanne: The End of Empire and the Demarcation of National Communities, 1878-1923 ; 3. Democracy, Dictatorship and War, 1923-1945 ; 4. Communism, Nationalism and Political Violence, 1945-1989 ; 5. War and Transition since 1989 ; Conclusion: Whither the Balkans? ; Chronology ; Bibliography ; Index