The Balkans
Explore the complex history and soul of the Balkans through essential reading. This curated booklist features gripping accounts of conflict and culture, including Stephen Kinzer's *Overthrow* and Anthony Loyd's *My War Gone By, I Miss it So*.
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My War Gone By, I Miss it So
by Anthony Loyd
Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, and the lives and dreams laid to waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe has witnessed since the Second World War.
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Overthrow
by Stephen Kinzer
An award-winning author tells the stories of the audacious American politicians, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers of other countries with disastrous long-term consequences.
