Former Yugoslavia Reading

TransConflict recommends the following books for those interested in learning more about the history, culture and politics of the former Yugoslavia.

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Literature and First-Hand Accounts

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia – by Rebecca West
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed – by Slavenka Drakulic
The Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia – by Julie Mertus



Academic and Policy-Oriented

The Fall of Yugoslavia – by Misha Glenny
Imagining the Balkans – by Maria Todorova
Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholar’s Initiative (Central European Studies) – by Charles W. Ingrao
Broken Bonds: Disintegration of Yugoslavia – by Lenard J. Cohen
The Balkans 1804-1999: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers – by Misha Glenny
Blueprints for a House Divided: The Constitutional Logic of the Yugoslav Conflicts – by Robert M. Hayden
Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War – by Susan L. Woodward
Creating a Socialist Yugoslavia: Tito, Communist Leadership and the National Question (International Library of Twentieth Century History) – by Hilde Katrine Haug
Yugoslavia as History: Twice there was a Country – by John R. Lampe
Thinking about Yugoslavia: Scholarly Debates about the Yugoslav Breakup and the Wars in Bosnia and Kosovo – by Sabrina P. Ramet
Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States (Religion and Global Politics) – by Vjekoslav Perica
The Balkans Since the Second World War (The Postwar World) – by R. J. Crampton
The Balkans: A Post-Communist History – by Robert Bideleux

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