Yep, it was good, and about as fresh as it could get! I think more people would enjoy fish if they had the chance to eat it really fresh.
Hm, a general history of the Balkans: I am maybe not quite the guy to ask, as my library contains mostly finely focused books about irregular warfare in the Balkans during WW II, or books on counterinsurgency with chapters on the Balkans. Such books contain quick rundowns of the history of the Balkans, or at least mentions of the centuries-old hatreds and vendettas that fuelled the infighting inside the larger war.
You can go really overboard with the many events and movements in the Balkans. I recall reading years ago about the cottage industry of writing devoted solely to the Battle of Kosovo of 1389 and its aftermath that had sprung up in Serbia, and was used and encouraged by Slobodan Milosevic.
Without looking too hard, I found "25 lectures on Modern Balkan History" which seems to be a readable, friendly introduction to the subject (though it's from 1995 and rather dated) that would give you a quick read and a notion of what other topics within Balkan history might interest you more. Find it at http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/, check out the bibliography too.
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Date: 2009-08-24 09:29 pm (UTC)Hm, a general history of the Balkans: I am maybe not quite the guy to ask, as my library contains mostly finely focused books about irregular warfare in the Balkans during WW II, or books on counterinsurgency with chapters on the Balkans. Such books contain quick rundowns of the history of the Balkans, or at least mentions of the centuries-old hatreds and vendettas that fuelled the infighting inside the larger war.
You can go really overboard with the many events and movements in the Balkans. I recall reading years ago about the cottage industry of writing devoted solely to the Battle of Kosovo of 1389 and its aftermath that had sprung up in Serbia, and was used and encouraged by Slobodan Milosevic.
Without looking too hard, I found "25 lectures on Modern Balkan History" which seems to be a readable, friendly introduction to the subject (though it's from 1995 and rather dated) that would give you a quick read and a notion of what other topics within Balkan history might interest you more. Find it at http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/, check out the bibliography too.