When Rebecca West died in 1983, the New Yorker magazine editor William Shawn paid tribute to her talents. Despite having worked with J.D. Salinger, Truman Capote and James Baldwin, among countless ...

Stepping out of my comfort zone, I volunteered to review Gaj Trifkovic’s military study of the course of World War II in the former Yugoslavia. Perhaps I should not have been surprised to encounter a ...

Disappointed by Croatia’s lack of interest in the history of Yugoslavia and its leader Josip Broz Tito, an ex-journalist launched a walking tour in Zagreb that explores his political career, the WWII ...

Explore the history of the Balkan Peninsula from 2000 BCE to modern times. This video covers significant historical events, including the Greek Civil War (1946-49), the Greek War of Independence, and ...