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The Captive Mind
The Captive Mind
by Czeslaw Milosz
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The best known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right.... (read more)

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Balkan Ghosts a Journey Through History
Balkan Ghosts a Journey Through History
by Robert D Kaplan
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From the assassination that set off World War I to the ethnic warfare sweeping Bosnia and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century--the place where terrorism and genocide were first practiced as tools of policy. This enthralling... (read more)

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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
by Rebecca West
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Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural... (read more)

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Talks with T. G. Masaryk
Talks with T. G. Masaryk
by Karel Capek
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Never have two such important world figures collaborated in a biography: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), the original philosopher-president who founded Czechoslovakia in 1918, and Karel Capek (1890–1938), the leading Czech... (read more)

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The Triumph of Provocation
The Triumph of Provocation
by Jozef Mackiewicz
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This masterful political treatise, first published in 1962, examines the history and nature of Communism as it developed in the Soviet Union and in Poland. Józef Mackiewicz, known for his relentless opposition to Communism, argues that... (read more)

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Michelangelo in Ravensbruck: One Woman's War Against the Nazis
Michelangelo in Ravensbruck: One Woman's War Against the Nazis
by Karoli Lanckoronska
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In September of 1939, Countess Karolina Lanckoronska, wealthy landowner and professor of art history, watched the Soviet army march into Poland. After joining the resistance, she was arrested, sentenced to death, and held in Ravensbruck concentration... (read more)

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Professionals Power & Solidarity in Poland :A Critical Sociology of Soviet Type Society
Professionals Power & Solidarity in Poland :A Critical Sociology of Soviet Type Society
by Michael D Kennedy
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This pathbreaking study analyzes Solidarity, one of the most important social movements of the century, and its significance in Soviet societies.... (read more)

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Yugoslavia As History: Twice There Was a Country
Yugoslavia As History: Twice There Was a Country
by John R Lampe
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Yugoslavia as History is the first book to trace the bloody demise of the former Yugoslavia through its history and its earliest roots. A Yugoslav idea had already emerged before the First World War, and it led to two states called Yugoslavia, between... (read more)

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The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
by Tim Judah
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Second edition on the history, myth and destruction of Yugoslavia, by this journalist who had first hand experience of the war.... (read more)

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The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
by John V A Fine
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Discusses the development of ethnic nationalism among Bulgars, Croatians, Serbians, and Macedonians... (read more)

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Final Revolution: The Resistance Church & the Collapse of Communism
Final Revolution: The Resistance Church & the Collapse of Communism
by George Weigel
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The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance... (read more)

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Eastern Europe in the postwar world
Eastern Europe in the postwar world
by Thomas W Simons
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Simons is a scholar-diplomat now serving as US coordinator for assistance to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. He has updated this 1991 history and analysis, which is based on a course that he taught at Brown University... (read more)

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A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid ToSave His Country
A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid ToSave His Country
by Benjamin Weiser
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For almost a decade, Col. Ryszard Kuklinski betrayed the Communist leadership of Poland, cooperating with the CIA in one of the most extraordinary intelligence operations of the Cold War. But even after freedom came to Poland, a riddle remained: was... (read more)

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Grooves of Change Eastern Europe At the Turn of the Millennium
Grooves of Change Eastern Europe At the Turn of the Millennium
by J F Brown
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The Grooves of Change is the culmination of J. F. Brown’s esteemed career as an analyst of Eastern Europe. He traces events in this diverse and disruption-riddled region from the communist era to the years of transition after the fall of the Berlin... (read more)

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People of the Storm God: Travels in Macedonia (Lost & Found)
People of the Storm God: Travels in Macedonia (Lost & Found)
by Will Myer
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Travelling in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and the newly independent Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Myer encounters a bewildering array of political and cultural opinions-Orthodox Christians and Muslims, communists and nationalists, warlords and... (read more)

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Magic Lantern : the Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague , With New Afterword (93 Edition)
Magic Lantern : the Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague , With New Afterword (93 Edition)
by Timothy Garton Ash
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The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a history moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland's first free parliamentary elections--in which Solidarity found itself in the... (read more)

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Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia & Croatia
Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia & Croatia
by Julie Mertus
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"For four excruciating years, these overwhelmingly civilian victims of bloodthirsty armies have been degraded, dishonored, dislocated, and displaced. And the world has looked at this appalling mistreatment with both horror and complacency. . . . In this... (read more)

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Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City
Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City
by Peter Demetz
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Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In Prague in Black and Gold, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs... (read more)

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Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II
Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II
by David Rohde
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In 1993, the UN Security Council officially made Srebrenica the world’s first UN-protected civilian safe area and stripped the town’s Muslim defenders of their tanks and artillery. Two years later, Srebrenica fell after UN commanders turned... (read more)

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Habits of the Balkan Heart: Social Character and the Fall of Communism
Habits of the Balkan Heart: Social Character and the Fall of Communism
by Stjepan G Mestrovic
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Almost as soon as Communism fell in Eastern Europe in 1989, Western politicians and intellectuals concluded that the West had "won" the Cold War and that liberal democracy had triumphed over authoritarianism in the world. Euphoria spread with the... (read more)

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