Title: Readable
Product review: "Oppressed" nations turning oppressors when opportunities arise. The absence of direct rule by a great power has created trouble spots such as the Middle East, Caucasus, and the Balkans. The book does a pretty good job in providing an insight on the national psychologies of most Balkan nations. After reading the book the impression I got is that the desire for ethnic and religious dominance over others to be the main cause for the regional instability in the Balkans. Serbs vs Croats, Bulgarians vs Serbs, Greeks vs Bulgarians, Romanians vs. Hungarians, Orthdox vs Catholic, Orthodox + Catholic vs Muslims, etc. (you name it)The author is disproportionately focused on the subject of Jews of the Balkans where they have always constituted a very small percent of the population. The Gypsies on the other hand are rarely mentioned.I recommend this book. (Currently there are not many alternatives on the subject anyway)
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