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Guerrilla Radio: Rock 'n' Roll Radio and Serbia's Underground Resistance by Matthew Collin Publisher Comments This is a book about a group of Belgrade's young idealists and their pirate radio station B92, who began with the naive desire to simply play music, but ended up facing two wars, economic sanctions, violent police and government crackdowns, the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Politics of Greed: How Privatization Structured Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (World Social Change) by Andrew Harrison Schwartz Publisher Comments An in-depth political history of privatization in Central and Eastern Europe, The Politics of Greed demonstrates that the way that assets are privatized matters, both with respect to national economic performance and the successful development of the... (read more) List Price $51.25 Your price: $28.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Croatia: A Nation Forged in War (Yale Nota Bene) by Marcus Tanner Publisher Comments From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II by Joseph Rothschild Publisher Comments Since the death of Stalin, the supposedly monolithic character of the Socialist states of East Central Europe has been subjected to serious and major challenges: from Yugoslavia in the late 1940s, from East Germany, Poland, and Hungary in the '50s, from... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network by Evan F Kohlmann Publisher Comments Why did so many of the 9/11 hijackers spend time in Germany? How did terrorist sleeper cells plant themselves in cities like London, Paris, Rome, and Hamburg? What exactly is Al-Qaida's connection to Europe? Terrorism analyst Evan F. Kohlmann unveils a... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Forging Political Compromise: Antonin Svehla & the Czechoslovak Republican Party, 1918-1933 (Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies) by Daniel E. Miller Synopsis In this investigation of Czechoslovakia during the interwar period, Miller (history, U. of West Florida) focuses on the Agrarian or Republic party and its leader at the time, Antonin Svehla. He argues that it was Svehla's ability to mediate among... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Serbs and Croats: Struggle N Yugoslovia by Alex N Dragnich Publisher Comments In this highly informative account, Professor Dragnich discusses the ideals and hopes that the South Slavs brought to Yugoslavia, their tortured attempt to create a workable political system, and the reasons behind the recent chaos and violence. "Concise,... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $2.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Lying Down with Dogs: A Personal Portrait of a Polish Exile by Mark Zygadlo Publisher Comments Part biography, part dramatic memoir, this book recounts the life of Bronek Zygadlo as he undertakes a return journey to his native Poland with his son, Mark, the author of this book.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To End a War (Modern Library) by Richard Holbrooke Publisher Comments " One of the most important and readable diplomatic memoirs of recent times. . . . His account should restore some respect to the much maligned art of diplomacy." --The Washington Post "  ... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Budapest 1900 : a Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture (88 Edition) by John Lukacs Synopsis "Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery Publisher Comments Equal parts testimony to the struggles of a bygone era and a love letter to a bright-eyed childhood that no outside force could dim, this is Dominika Dery's acclaimed memoir of Communist-era Czechoslovakia.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia by Asne Seierstad Publisher Comments From beloved international reporter Åsne Seierstad comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe: Towards Globalization by F E Ian Hamilton Synopsis This book identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern European cities. The authors discuss the similarities and differences between significant Central and Eastern European cities, comparing patterns of... (read more) List Price $48.75 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sarajevo Essays: Politics, Ideology, and Tradition by Rusmi Mahmutcehajic Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-273) and index.... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe by Gale Stokes Publisher Comments Gale Stokes' The Walls Came Tumbling Down has been one of the standard interpretations of the East European revolutions of 1989 for many years. It offers a sweeping yet vivid narrative of the two decades of developments that led from the Prague Spring of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Serpent in the Bosom: The Rise and Fall of the Slobodan Milosevic by Lenard Cohen Publisher Comments The violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, and its aftermath, highlight the importance of a detailed understanding of the Balkan region. The political outlook and behavior of the Serbs and Serbian elites has been particularly bewildering to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo by Ivo H Daalder Publisher Comments Drawing on interviews with many key U.S., NATO, and allied participants, the authors explore the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Kosovo conflict.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Balkan Inferno: Betrayal, War and Intervention 1990-2005 by Wes Johnson Publisher Comments From the final chapter: …at an Athens cocktail party in the fall of 2003 a young officer from the US embassy said that his first assignment, in 1993-4, had been Tirana, “We could do anything we wanted. In fact, they would like to be... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fall of Milosevic: The October 5th Revolution by Dragan Bujosevic Publisher Comments Told for the first time, the riveting story of how common people-miners, cooks, former soldiers-shook off the intimidation of Serbian strongman Slobadan Milosevic and overthrew, peacefully, his tyrannical regime. Based on numerous interviews with... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rebirth of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy by Misha Glenny Publisher Comments A newly revised and updated edition of an award-winning BBC correspondent's magisterial history of the Balkan region This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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