ISBN10: 0817978410, ISBN13: 9780817978419, [publisher: Stanford CA. 1983. Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University] Hardcover First Edition green full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed) . nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing so stated (& #1 in # line). ix+182p. 3 b&w maps. notes. selected bibliography. index. world history. balkan history. world war i. world war ii. ~ In the aftermath of World War I, a long cherished dream of South Slav nationalists came into being. The independent kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro joined with three former territories of the Austro~Hungarian empire ~ Croatia, Bosnia~Hercegovina, and Slovenia ~ to form the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, under the Serbian royal house. The hasty agreement uniting these areas assumed that a common language and a common history of foreign domination would allow the new state to overcome differences in religion, customs, and political systems. It soon became apparent that the second largest ethnic group ~ the Croats ~ preferred independence, or at most a confederation that would leave them in control of their own affairs. The Serbs believed ...
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