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DBookmahn Specializing in German military, Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Russian History Books |
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DBookmahn Specializing in German military, Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Russian History Books |
[000746] Cohen, Lenard J.. Serpent in the Bosom : The Rise & Fall of Slobodan Milosovic. Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Book has 438 pages with some illustrations. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. The violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia and the war in Kosovo have highlighted 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 Western citizens and decision-makers. This book provides an analysis of Serbian politics from 1987 to 2000 that centers on an examination of Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and his pattern of rule up to and including the recent war in Kosovo.
[001366] Daalder, Ivo H.; O'Hanlon, Michael E.. Winning Ugly : NATO's War to Save Kosovo. Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++ / Very Good++. Book has 343 pages with a few illustrations/maps. The first in-depth study of the Kosovo crisis. Great copy!
[000892] Doder, Dusko; Branson, Louise. Milosevic : Portrait of a Tyrant. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Book has 304 pages with some illustrations. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. Very clean and tight! The war in Kosovo in the spring of 1999 introduced many Americans to the man the newspapers have called "the butcher of the Balkans," but few understand the crucial role he has played and continues to play in the most troubled part of Europe.
[000119] Doder, Dusko; Branson, Louise. Milosevic : Portrait of a Tyrant. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Book has 304 pages with a few b&w photographs. DJ has light wear to edge. The first full-length biography of Milosevic.
[001079] Dragnich, Alex N.; Todorovich, Slavko. The Saga of Kosovo : Focus on Serbian-Albanian Relations. Boulder: East European Monographs, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good++ / No Jacket. Book has 203 pages with a couple of illustrations/maps. Part of the East European Monographs, No. CLXX. Covers from Kosovo and Medieval Serbia to Kosovo in the New Yugoslavia.
[000674] Fromkin, David. Kosovo Crossing : American Ideals Meet Realities on the Balkan Battlefields. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1999. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Book has 210 pages with a few maps. The aftermath of the conflict in Kosovo poses a major challenge to the United States as the world's preeminent power. Leading NATO into the first war of its fifty-year existence, America sought to carve out a new role both for the alliance and for itself in establshing a new and more moral world order.
[001355] Holbrooke, Richard. To End a War (Autographed Copy). New York: Random House, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Inscribed by the Author. Very Good+ / Very Good++. Book has 408 pages with a center section of b&w illustrations. Inscripted by Holbrooke on first endpaper "With Best Wishes, ...., at the Pentagon".
[000628] Rohde, David. End Game : The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe's Worst Massacre since the Holocaust. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good. 440 pages with several maps and end-paper maps. Details the events leading up to the fall of Srebrenica and the massacre of as many as 7,000 Muslims.