The Balkans in the Cold War: Book Launch Discussion

The edited volume Balkans in the Cold Warcontains 16 contributions from renowned experts and scholars on how the global Cold War manifested in the Balkans.

The book covers five key themes: the nascent Cold War, the region’s uneasy relations with the Superpowers, military alliances, the role of culture and identity, and the dilemmas the Balkans faced in the 1970s and the 1980s.

At this event the editors spoke on these themes, with introductory comments by Professor Arne Westad and Dr Vesselin Dimitrov.

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Event recorded 28th May 2017