The Balkans—
Many Peoples, Many Problems

Contents

Introduction

• Let The Presses Roll!

The Mountainous Peninsula

• Peaceful Farmers
• Through American Eyes
• Peace: The Balkan Puzzle
• The Mountains and the Sea
• The Balkan Bridge

The Long Story of Differences

• Early Settlers
• Later Arrivals
• Christians of Two Churches
• Islamic Invasion
• Under Turkish Rule
• The Turkish Grip Loosens
• Fighting for Freedom

Other People’s Business

• Tottering Turkey
• Great Power Politics
• Two Wars in the Balkans
• Sparking the First World Explosion
• The Powder Catches
• Aftermath of the War
• Democracy under Difficulties
• Parties and Personalities
• Down the Road to Dictatorship
• Ferment on the Farms
• Talking over Troubles
• The Balkan Entente

Maps

Only Yesterday

• Mussolini’s Misstep
• Hitler Heads East
• Pressure from Berlin
• Not “According to Schedule”
• Romania: A Favored Pawn
• Bulgaria: The Unhappy Satellite
• What Is Macedonia?
• Swapping Populations
• Wrong Again
• Yugoslavia: The Victim Divided
• Serbs and Chetniks
• Tito’s Partisans
• Hope for Yugoslavia
• Greece: The Land of Hunger
• Albania: Everybody’s Protectorate

Looking to the Future

• Is Peace a Balkan Problem?
• Nationalism Run Wild
• Can There Be a Balkan Federation?
• The Zone of Quarantine
• The People Will Choose

To the Leader

Suggestions for Further Reading