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Balkan Ghosts
by Robert D. Kaplan
Travel through the Balkans' history and hatreds, read by Clinton before Bosnia. Vivid, criticized for determinism, influential.
Read it if…
you want the Balkans' past as travel writing.
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Skip it if…
you want a balanced history of the 1990s wars.
Try instead: Monsoon →
Three things you will actually use
- History haunts.
- Travel teaches.
- Beware ancient hatreds as explanation.
Do this first
Read the chapters on Yugoslavia.
Our verdict
Kaplan's Balkans.
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