Of all the new countries formed following the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991, North Macedonia was the only one to attain independence without bloodshed. This small land offers the oldest lake in Europe and soaring forest-swathed mountain ranges and millennia-old Neolithic rock observatory, Roman mosaics, dozens of historic and actively-used medieval monasteries and mosques.
Andrew Rossos - Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History
The history of Macedonia from
600 B.C. to the present day, with an emphasis on the past two centuries. It
reveals how the so-called Macedonian question has long dominated Balkan politics,
and how for well over a century and a half, it was the central issue dividing
Balkan peoples, as neighboring nations struggled for possession of Macedonia
and denied any distinct Macedonian identity-territorial, political, ethnic, or
national.
Carol J. King – Ancient Macedonia
Carol J. King's book provides a detailed narrative account of the rise and fall of Macedonian power in the Balkan
Peninsula and the Aegean region during the five-hundred-year period of the
Macedonian monarchy from the seventh to the second century BCE.
Chris Deliso - Hidden Macedonia: the
Mystic Lakes of Ohrid and Prespa
The tectonic lakes of Macedonia, Ohrid and
Prespa, are among the most ancient and enthralling in the world, abundant in
rare wildlife and the seat of medieval kingdoms, richly endowed with
sacred shrines, mysteries, and watery legends. The author seeks out the
spirit of the lakes, through encounters with fishermen, philosophers,
archaeologists and snakes.
Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson - Macedonia: What does it take to stop a war?
Heather Roberson, a passionate peace activist,
has argued that war can always be avoided. She sets out for far-off
Macedonia, a landlocked country north of Greece and west of Bulgaria, to
explore a region that has edged-repeatedly-close to the brink of violence, only
to refrain.
Hugh Poulton - Who Are the Macedonians
Hugh Poulton provides a fair and perceptive account of the difficult relations between Macedonians and Albanians in the new
republic.
James Pettifer - The New Macedonian
Question
The Macedonian question has been at the heart
of the Balkan crisis for most of the twentieth century. This book analyses the
recent history of Macedonia since the break-up of Yugoslavia and includes
seminal analyses of key issues in ethnic relations, politics, and recent
history. It is edited by James Pettifer, a British authority on the southern
Balkans, and is likely to prove a landmark in its field.
John Phillips - Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans
John Phillips describes the bloody rebellion
initiated by Albanian guerrillas demanding rights equal to those of the
dominant Slavs in Macedonia, a conflict that killed and wounded hundreds of
people and set off fears that the crisis would draw in surrounding Kosovo,
Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece. The international intervention brought an uneasy
halt to the bloodshed in the summer of 2001, but hardline Macedonian
nationalists - including some under investigation by the international war
crimes tribunal - have hindered full implementation of the peace agreement and
may renew their campaign.
Loring M. Danforth - The Macedonian
Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Greeks and Macedonians are presently engaged in
an often heated dispute involving competing claims to a single identity. Each
group asserts that they, and they alone, have the right to identify themselves
as Macedonians. The Greek government denies the existence of a Macedonian
nation and insists that all Macedonians are Greeks, while Macedonians
vehemently assert their existence as a unique people.
Meto Jovanovski - Faceless Men &
Other Macedonian Stories
In these stories from Macedonia, Meto
Jovanovski writes wittily against urban authorities, whose agents are
everywhere and nowhere, and who conduct absurd 'modernizing' campaigns such as
shooting all the dogs in the village. He writes tellingly of the indignities of
queues, telephones, air travel, and military conscription. And like John Berger,
he persuades us that it is often the villager who is most in touch with the
deepest realities of life.
Robert Malcolm Errington - A history of Macedonia
Thammy Evans - North Macedonia - The Bradt Guide
Of all the new countries formed following the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991, North Macedonia was the only one to attain
independence without bloodshed. This is a small land that offers a huge variety
to travelers, from the oldest lake in Europe to soaring forest-swathed
mountain ranges and from the millennia-old Neolithic rock observatory at Kokino
and Roman mosaics at Heraclea, to dozens of historic and actively-used
medieval monasteries and mosques.
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