Beschreibung:
This book is a comprehensive and dispassionate analysis of the intriguing Macedonian Question from 1878 until 1949 and of the Macedonians (and of their neighbours) from the 1890s until today, with the two themes intertwining, and will be a key resource for scholars working on Macedonian history, Balkan politics and conflict resolution.
Preface, 1. Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian Claims to Macedonia; 2. The War of Ethnographic Maps; 3. The VM(O)RO & Other Macedonian Organizations (1893-1940); 4. Tracing the Birth of a Balkan Nation; 5. Tito and the Macedonians; 6. The 'New Macedonian Question': The Greek-Macedonian dispute; 7. Bulgaria's Stance Towards Macedonia; 8. The Macedonian Language; 9. The Macedonian National Historical Narrative; 10. The Charm of Alexander the Great: Who Were the Ancient Macedonians?; 11. The Crux of the Greek-Macedonian Dispute: The Skeletons in the Cupboard; 12. The Settlement of the Greek-Macedonian Dispute: the Prespa Agreement; 13. The Ephemeral Macedonian-Bulgarian Rapprochement; Select Bibliography