Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan
Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan
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Balkan Ghosts
A Journey Through History

Author: Robert D. Kaplan

Narrator: Nigel Patterson

Unabridged: 12 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/28/2020

Synopsis

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date"—The Boston Globe, Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.

This new edition of the Balkan Ghost includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.

About Robert D. Kaplan

Robert D. Kaplan is the author of over a dozen books on foreign affairs and travel, including Balkan Ghosts, Eastward to Tartary, and Warrior Politics. He is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and a national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, and was recently the distinguished visiting professor in national security at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Robert is a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Murtaza on June 29, 2019

Someone once told me that this book was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Being a Robert Kaplan apologist I always took this as a bit of colorful hyperbole. After having finally read it however I can see why people feel this way. Bill Cl......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on May 25, 2015

First, the positives. The author was a very good writer and engaged in the subject. He obviously cared a great deal for the subject, having traveled and lived there extensively for many years. Now, the negatives, Granted, the premise of the book was the role of history on the development of current Bal......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 09, 2007

There is very much an 'outsiders' perspective in many ways on the cultural turmoil of the region, but the interviews he does with locals during his travels are really interesting. If only the history pieces didn't seem to have some spin or editorial feel to them. I think as I continue to read on the......more

Goodreads review by Brian on April 18, 2022

Really good, in-depth storytelling. Kaplan takes the time to know local people, leaders, places, and historic backgrounds. He captures the way past trauma shapes people over generations.......more

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