Bosnia: A Short History

Bosnia: A Short History

by NoelMalcolm (Author)

Synopsis

Bosnia: A Short History was celebrated on its first publication as a brilliant work of history which set the terrible war in the Balkans in its full historical and political context. This revised edition has been updated with a new chapter that covers the events of 1993-1995 and remains the definitive work on the complex history of Bosnia.

'A quite brilliant piece of historical record-straightening. Everyone who wishes to have an opinion about Bosnia must read this book.' Niall Ferguson, Daily Mail

'Clear-sighted, authoritative and eloquent.' Dimitri Obolensky, Times Literary Supplement

'A Triumph of clarity, learning and balance.' Adrian Hastings, New Statesman and Society

'Excellent.' Paddy Ashdown, Sunday Times

'This is a splendid work of synthesis on a very complex subject, written with insight and sympathy: the best, indeed the only, informed book on a history that has become both topical and tragic.' Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph

'A marvellous book, a work of great scholarship.' Margaret Thatcher

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Pan
Published: 09 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0330412442
ISBN 13: 9780330412445

Media Reviews
'A quite brilliant piece of historical record-straightening...Everyone who wishes to have an opinion about Bosnia must read this book.' Niall Ferguson, Daily Mail 'Clear-sighted, authoritative and eloquent.' Dimitri Obolensky, Times Literary Supplement 'A Triumph of clarity, learning and balance.' Adrian Hastings, New Statesman and Society 'Excellent.' Paddy Ashdown, Sunday Times 'This is a splendid work of synthesis on a very complex subject, written with insight and sympathy: the best, indeed the only, informed book on a history that has become both topical and tragic.' Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph 'A marvellous book, a work of great scholarship.' Margaret Thatcher
Author Bio
Noel Malcolm was born in 1956, and educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he gained a starred First in English and a Ph.D in History. Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from 1981 to 1988, he later became Foreign Editor of the Spectator and a political columnist on the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London and is currently working on a biography of Thomas Hobbes.