Description: Reflecting more than two decades of research on Yugoslavia's collapse and based primarily on sources from the region itself, this book consistently challenges commonly-held beliefs about the Balkans wars, and about European integration, international law, human rights, and politics in multi-national societies.
Review Quotes: "Much of the Western policy community has struggled to come to terms with this region, which was and is at best poorly understood. Hayden's analysis, built upon a substantial grounding in South Slavic languages and the Balkan area's stormy history, as well as empathy with its cultural attributes, is in contrast remarkably lucid, not to mention tragically prescient ... a refreshingly thoughtful and extraordinarily insightful volume"
R. Craig Nation, U.S. Army War College, in Southeastern Europe 38.2, 2014