{"id":9863,"date":"2019-09-17T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2019-09-17T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:00:12","slug":"why-do-so-many-countries-in-the-balkans-hate-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/17\/why-do-so-many-countries-in-the-balkans-hate-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do so many countries in the Balkans hate each other?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190917_0126162.jpg\" alt=\"Why do so many countries in the Balkans hate each other? Where can I read more about this?\" class=\"wp-image-9859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190917_0126162.jpg 495w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190917_0126162-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Why do so many countries in the Balkans hate each other? Where can I read more about this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a big topic, and there are a bunch of ways you could approach it. Here are a few suggestions for things to read. Kaplan&#8217;s <em>Balkan Ghosts<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill Library DR16 .K36 1993)  is a classic history, or you could try something like Mazower&#8217;s <em>The Balkans: A Short History<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill DR36 .M39 2000). If you want something comprehensive you could try Jelavich&#8217;s <em>History of the Balkans<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill DR36 .J37 1983). And Rebecca West&#8217;s <em>Black Lamb and Grey Falcon<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill DR366 .W3) is still a classic piece of travel writing and cultural observation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s a big topic, and there are a bunch of ways you could approach it. Here are a few suggestions for things to read. Kaplan&#8217;s Balkan Ghosts (O&#8217;Neill Library DR16 .K36 1993) is a classic history, or you could try something like Mazower&#8217;s The Balkans: A Short History (O&#8217;Neill DR36 .M39 2000). If you want &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/17\/why-do-so-many-countries-in-the-balkans-hate-each-other\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why do so many countries in the Balkans hate each other?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[767],"class_list":["post-9863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-balkans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9874,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions\/9874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}