![]() ![]() ![]() If true, this speaks volumes for the reach of Balkan Ghosts at the time.Ĭonsistent with the large number of countries that comprise the Balkans, the book does not solely focus on the former country of Yugoslavia and in fact only a quarter of the book is devoted to this previously political region. It was reported though, that both President and Mrs Clinton read a copy of Balkan Ghosts and the history of ethnic rivalry "encouraged the President's pessimism about the region, and - so it is said - was a factor in his decision not to launch an overt military response in support of the Bosnian Moslems". ![]() In doing so, he experiences once again, that history rhymes or, in this case, echoes of time's past.īeyond the events that lead to World War 1, Bosnia itself, however, features little in Kaplan's journey and book. ![]() Heavily influenced by Dame Rebecca's West's much lauded book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon which he carried with him everywhere in Yugoslavia, Kaplan is drawn to the region to investigate the nature of another looming cataclysm. ![]()
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