"First published ... by C. Hurst & Co. ... London"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-268) and index

Introduction -- Croation lands in Antiquity -- The first centuries of Croation History and the establishment of the Croatian state -- The 12th-16th centuries: Hungary and Croatia United under one King -- The 16th -- 18th centuries; Croatia between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman and Austrian Empires -- 1790-1918: development of the middle class -- 1918-1941: Croatia in Yugoslavia -- 1941-5: The tragedy of the Second World War -- 1944-8: The Socialist revolution -- from elevated ideals to revenge and totalitarianism -- 1948-66: The beginnings of democratisation and Yugoslavia's search for it's own course --1966-80: Decentralisation and repression -- 1980-9: Overall crisis grows -- Yugoslavia and Croatia on course to war -- The war in Bosnia-Hercegovina: The role of the Croats and Croatia: reflections on the Croats and Croatia -- Croatia in the 1990s: between the Balkans and Europe

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