
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 / Third Edition
By Jacob Gould SchurmanLength2h 51m
About this audiobook
Short, comprehensive book about the Balkan wars of 1912/1913. It focusses not on the gory details of the battlefield but on the political background of the conflict. Secret agreements, backstabbing and lies: it was all there. The author tell about them as far as he knew about them, and acknowledges it when he doesn't know things for sure. The book gives a good overview of the histories of the different countries, nations and religions and how those are all connected and overlapping. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length2 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
2INTRODUCTION
3THE TURKISH EMPIRE IN EUROPE
4THE EARLIER SLAV EMPIRES
5TURKISH OPPRESSION OF SLAVS
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6GREEK ECCLESIASTICAL DOMINATION OF SLAV
7SERVIAN INDEPENDENCE
8GREEK INDEPENDENCE
9BULGARIAN INDEPENDENCE
10THE BALKAN COUNTRIES
11CAUSES OF THE FIRST BALKAN WAR
12THE BALKAN LEAGUE
13GREECE AND THE LEAGUE
14GREEK AND BULGARIAN ANTIPATHIES
15THE CRETAN PROBLEM
16MR. VENIZELOS'S SOLUTION
17THE WAR
18GREEK MILITARY AND NAVAL OPERATIONS
19SERB MILITARY OPERATIONS
20BULGARIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS
21THE COLLAPSE OF TURKEY
22THE TERMS OF PEACE
23THE WAR BETWEEN THE ALLIES
24RIVAL AMBITIONS OF THE ALLIES
25ALBANIA A CAUSE OF FRICTION
26RECOIL OF SERVIA TOWARD THE AEGEAN
27TREATY RESTRICTIONS
28THE APPLE OF DISCORD
29THE CLAIM OF BULGARIA
30RACIAL PROPAGANDA IN MACEDONIA
31RACIAL FACTS AND FALLACIES
32PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
33THE ATTITUDE OF SERVIA
34PROPOSED REVISION OF TREATY AND ARBITRATION
35DELAY AND OPPOSITION OF BULGARIA
36BULGARIA'S UNCOMPROMISING POLICY
37THE CONCILIATORY SPIRIT OF GREECE
38BULGARIA BEGINS HOSTILITIES
39TERMS OF PEACE
40THE ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA
41THE WORK AND REWARD OF MONTENEGRO
42THE PROBLEM OF ALBANIA
43THE AEGEAN ISLANDS AND CRETE
44KING CONSTANTINE
45COST OF THE WAR
46THE FUTURE OF THE BALKANS