Croatia: A Nation Forged in War
~Marcus Tanner
Yale University Press
Hardcover - April 24, 1997
Avg. Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Economist
”[Tanner] brings to bear wide knowledge of Yugoslavia and experience of Europe’s worst war since 1945. [He] gives a good historical survey and an account of the war’s causes.” --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Melanie McDonagh, Evening Standard
”Lucid and accessible.” --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

The Fall of Yugoslavia
~Misha Glenny
Penguin Books Ltd
Paperback - October 31, 1996
Avg. Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars

In this third fully revised and updated discussion of the five-year conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Misha Glenny looks ahead to the uncertain future in this turbulent region. It is an eyewitness chronicle of the struggle for independence for Croatia and Slovenia, it is also a work which gives historical context to a civil war that unleashed a cycle of massacres, between peaceful neighbours of the last four decades.

The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995
~Noel Malcolm (Foreword), et al
Frank Cass Publishers
Paperback - November 2001
Avg. Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars

This work provides an understanding of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. These two interdependent wars were the greatest armed conflicts in Europe in the second half of the 20th century. This work provides an analysis of their successes and failures.

The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir
~Stipe Mesic
Central European University Press
Hardcover - September 29, 2003

This work is a political memoir by Stipe Mesic, the last president of the former Yugoslav Federation, and key witness to the chain of events that would send the Balkan empire toppling, aided by notable figures like Slobodan Milosevic.

Croatia: A History
~Ivo Goldstein
C. Hurst & Co
Paperback - November 24, 1999
Avg. Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars

When the Roman Empire split in the 4th century AD into the Western and Eastern empires, the boundary between the two stretched from the Montenegrin coast up the river Drina to the confluence of the Slava and the Danube and then further north. This boundary has remained virtually unchanged for 1500 years: the European, Catholic west and the Orthodox east meet on Slav territory. With Croatia having become an independent state in the 1990s, this text traces the history of the region and its people. It is divided into major sections on: the early medieval Croatian state (until 1101); the periods of union with Hungary (1102-1526) and with Austria (1526-1918); incorporation in Yugoslavia (1918-91); and the creation of a sovereign state.

Dubrovnik: a History
~Robin Harris
Saqi Books
Hardcover - May 2, 2003

Between emerging as a settlement in the 7th century to its conquest by Napoleon at the beginning of the 19th, Dubrovnik repeatedly held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state. Its diplomatic expertise was legendary, its political stamina extraordinary; its merchants, trading throughout the huge Ottoman Empire, enjoyed privileges denied to other Western states. A politically skilled and commercially enterprising ruling class took every opportunity to maximise the Ragusan Republic’s wealth. But Dubrovnik also faced the extreme dangers posed by Venetian plotters, Ottoman aggressors, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, Napoleon. In modern times, the city has survived the besieging Yugoslav army in 1991-92, which heavily damaged but did not destroy Dubrovnik’s cultural heritage.

Venice and the Slavs: The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment
~Larry Wolff
Stanford University Press
Paperback - January 2001

This work studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the 18th century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. It argues that the Enlightenment within the “Adriatic Empire” of Venice was deeply concerned with exploring the economic and social dimensions of backwardness in Dalmatia, in accordance with the evolving distinction between “Western Europe” and “Eastern Europe” across the continent. It further argues that the primitivism attributed to Dalmations by the Venetian Enlightenment was fundamental to the European intellectual discovery of the Slavs. The text discusses Venetian literary perspectives on Dalmatia, notably the drama of Carlo Goldoni and the memoirs of Carlo Gozzi. It then studies the work that brought the subject of Dalmatia to the attention of the European Enlightenment: the travel account of the Paduan philosopher Alberto Fortis, which was translated from Italian into English, French, and German.

The Silent Cry: One Man’s Fight for Croatia in Bosnia
~John MacPhee
Empire Publications
Paperback - March 13, 2000
Avg. Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars
From the Publisher
Is John MacPhee really ‘the evil beast of Bosnia’?
Controversy has stalked John MacPhee since his return from the Balkans...However, anyone reading this book will soon realise that MacPhee felt a real affection for the people of the region. In addition he helped them in any number of ways from organising aid for local hospitals to escorting refugees to safety. The book itself centres on his activities in the region

Croatia Business Intelligence Report
~USA Ibp
International Business Publications
Paperback - May 11, 2004
Business intelligence information for successful export-import, business and investment operations, strategic contacts and more. Updated annually.

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