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 -- Linking Up with the Partisans -- The Greek Connection -- 5: Tito Tito as Leader -- A People's Liberation -- The Montenegro Rising -- The Federal Idea -- The Croatian Challenge -- The Slovenes: "Something Special" -- PART TWO: WIND RISING FROM THE EAST -- 6: Early Signs -- The Crisis over Trieste -- Piecing Together the New Yugoslavia -- Tito Spreads His Wings -- A Balkan Federation -- Engaging the Albanians -- 7: A Chill Sets In -- The Greek Imbroglio -- The Dénouement -- Tito's Fading Vision -- Conclusion: Storms Abate but then Build up -- Select Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Archives -- Published Documentary Collections -- Memoirs, Diaries Collected Works -- Periodicals -- Index Specialized. specialized Alfred J. Rieber. This edition also issued in print: 2022. Includes bibliographical references and index. ed----- World War, 1939-1945 Balkan Peninsula Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Balkans HISTORY World War II Military 20th Century Modern Balkan Peninsula World War (1939-1945) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast D766 .R54 2022 940.54/2196 (DLC) 2022934368 9780191948930 0191948934 9780192858030 0192672789 9780192672780 0192858033 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/41505 STBDS 211209 20260318164130.9 in00005696950 eng