Covers the Kosovo War, and the overthrow of Milosevic, with close-up accounts of his trial at the Hague, and subsequent death. This book looks at the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic in 2003, and its consequences.

Abebe Bikila stunned the world when he won the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome running barefoot. Extraordinary story of human failing and of a continent - and how two men from different worlds came together to win gold

On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central - geographically, historically, and politically - to the future of the Western Balkans and, in turn, its potential future within the European Union. But the fate of ...

An account of how Kosovo became the crucible of one of the 20th-century's most poisonous ethnic conflicts. It analyzes the origins of the conflict, the course of the battle, the issues and personalities, and future options. This edition updates the story to, and beyond, the fall of Milosevic.

This history of the Serbs opens with the medieval kings of Serbia and a battle lost six centuries ago that still profoundly influences the Serbs. It then describes the idea of Serbdom and examines the tenuous ethnic balance fashioned by Tito and its drastic unravelling after his death.