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mods: Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War Rieber, Alfred J. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2022 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) : maps (black and white) In a new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, Alfred J. Rieber explores the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination. The study takes an original approach to the region based on the geography, social conditions, and imperial rivalries that spans several centuries, culminating in three wars during the first half of the twentieth century. Against this background, Rieber focuses on leadership - personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito - as the key to explaining events. Cover -- Storms over the Balkans During the Second World War -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- The Balkans as Region -- A Geography of Contrasts -- Irregular Warfare -- Kaleidoscopic Mix of Populations -- Prolonged State Building and Foreign Intervention -- The Austrians and Hungarians -- The Russians -- The Italians -- New Atmospheric Conditions -- Leadership -- PART ONE: THE STORMS BREAK -- 1: Mussolini -- 1.1 Spazio vitali -- 1.2 The First Fascist Trophy -- 1.3 Enemy Number One -- 1.4 The Brutal Friendship 1.5 Mussolini and Slovenia -- 1.6 Patronizing Terrorists -- 1.7 From Dalmatia to Epirus -- 1.8 The Albanian Protectorate -- 1.9 From Dreams to Nightmare -- 2: Hitler -- A Greater Germany -- Making Germans Again -- Danubian Illusions -- Racial Policy Compromised: Croatia -- Caught in the Crossfire -- A Serbian Puppet -- Ambivalent Collaborators-the Chetniks -- Decline and Fall -- The Albanian Exception -- 3: Stalin -- The Defensive Glacis -- Transitions to Socialism -- 4: Churchill -- Appeasing Italy -- The Mediterranean Strategy …