Peace Handbooks, Issued by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, Vol. 4: The Balkan States; Part II. Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Rumania

Empires were crumbling; new borders were ready to be drawn. Peace Handbooks, Vol. 4: The Balkan States, Part II fixes that moment on the page. History lives in these pages. Prepared by G.W. Prothero and the Historical Section of the British Foreign Office on the eve of the World War I peace conference, this meticulous historical reference handbook surveys Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Rumania as policy makers saw them in 1919. It distils a foreign office historical study of the political geography of the Balkans, forming a primary source collection that underpinned decisions at the Paris Peace Conference. It gathers official thinking on Balkan states history, state structures, regional questions and international claims in the early 20th century Balkans. Essential for Balkan history researchers, it also rewards any reader curious about how a continent remade itself after the Great War. For European diplomatic history readers and scholars assembling serious Paris Peace Conference studies, this volume belongs alongside the great reference works of the age and in the core holdings of academic history libraries. Its calm official prose and tightly focused analysis offer direct insight into how power understood south-eastern Europe at a decisive turning point. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for historians, students and collectors of Balkan states history, from Montenegro Serbia Bulgaria Rumania to the wider European stage.