TY - BOOK AU - Rieber,Alfred J. TI - Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780191948930 (ebook) : AV - D766 U1 - 940.542196 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Balkan Peninsula N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192858030.001.0001 ER -