 | Shadow Behind the Sun: Flight from Kosovo: A Woman's Story (Non-Fiction) by Remzija Sherifi
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £3.33 This gripping biography describes the persecutions in Kosovo from the inside, and also discusses the plight of asylum seekers in Britain. A book about integration and the consequences of its failure.
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 | Kosovo: War and Revenge (Yale Nota Bene) by T Judah
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £4.15 A revealing account of how Kosovo became the crucible of a poisonous ethnic conflict.
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 | The Balkans 1804-1999: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers by Misha Glenny
Buy new: £14.39 / Used from: £4.02 A passionate survey of Balkan history since the early 19th Century. A truly great book.
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 | Kosovo: A Short History by Noel Malcolm
Buy used from: £0.01 The closest thing to a definitive history that Kosovo has.
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 | The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia (Yale Nota Bene) by Judah
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.85 A history of Serbia taking account of the destructive creation myth that has lain at the root of much bloodshed.
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 | Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia by Rebecca West
Buy new: £10.86 / Used from: £7.32 Entertaining pre-WWII travelogue, but overlong and severely dated.
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 | Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys by Dervla Murphy
Buy used from: £4.02 Entertaining travelogue of her bicycle journey through former Yugoslavia
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 | Heavenly Serbia : From Myth to Genocide by Branimir Anzulovic
Buy new: £16.63 / Used from: £8.00 Convincingly links the Serbian creation myth with tragic modern history
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 | Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War by JA Mertus
Buy new: £15.15 / Used from: £2.72 Academic discussion of the power of myth and story with reference to the Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo.
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 | A Home from Home: From Immigrant Boy to English Man by George Alagiah
Buy used from: £0.01 George Alagiah reported on Kosova for the BBC. His life has several apparent overlaps with Remzije Sherifi of 'Shadow Behind the Sun'.
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 | Bosnia: A Short History by Noel Malcolm
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £2.50 Great companion volume to the same author's 'Kosovo'.
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 | The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War by Misha Glenny
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.08 Very readable. Glenny's pessimistic view in 1996 proved all too correct.
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 | The Case for Kosova: Passage to Independence
Buy new: £14.24 / Used from: £17.08 Introduced by the Ismail Kadare. A brilliant take on the most intractable of conflicts.
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