The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World

click here for more details, find new or used items	Loring M. Danforth Our price £11.18 (£16.95) New from £5.00 Used from £14.45 Pages: 290 (Paperback) ISBN: 0691043566 Pub: Princeton University Press Pub date: 1997-03-17 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 171180

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Excellent and down to earth (0/0 people found this helpful)

One of the best books i have read on the topic. Most authors of books on the macedonian issue have an opinion prior to having started their books.
Loring actually talks to some of the people who lived through the conflict in order to understand the problem not only from a political & historical point of view but from a human aspect.
If like me your an interested in this issue and want an unbias book, this is worth a read. So many things have happened to the macedonians that the world is oblivious to and through it all they are still denied the right to an identity that both the Greeks and Macedonians "share"

Truth about Macedonia (2/11 people found this helpful)

Well, as I'm not a scholar, I can't argue about the "scientificness" of the book. It touched me deeply - Macedonian history in my country was written by communists which give it a special touch, and Greeks, definetely, destroyed every sign of Macedonian culture, to rebuild according to their wishes. Of course, this book doesn't mention the UK and US help to the King during the Greek Civil War (US army even used napalm bombs over Macedonian villages), but it mentions the exile - 28,000 kids in 1948 only, and a lot more after that... I just can't wait for the next book which will be devoted to the Macedonian - Greek struggle in Australia...

A biased, one-sided book. (6/11 people found this helpful)

Mr. Danforth suggests a solution to the problem by urging both Slavs and Greeks to accept the term "Macedonian" as a national description for the first, and a geographical description for the latter. This "solution" is plainly stupid. As you know, Western Thrace is part of Greece and Eastern Thrace is part of Turkey. Both Greeks and Turks frequently use the term "Thracian", and it is perfectly fine with each other, because "Thracian" only has a geographical meaning, not a national one. The term "Macedonia" COULD HAVE BEEN commonly used by both Slavs and Greeks, only if the Slavs agreed to it being used to describe geography alone. But what we see here, is that the Slavic population of the geographical Macedonia has "abducted" the name and the history of ancient and medieval Macedonia, and customized them to fit their need of becoming a nation separate from the Bulgarian one. This is unacceptable by us Greeks, it is a violation of our collective soul. I also find it extremely annoying that according to Mr. Danforth, only Halkidiki and the island of Thasos appear to have been inhabited by Greeks in the past. This is a horrendous lie that proves how much he has been influenced by Slavic propaganda. This book will gratify Slavic nationalism and do nothing to reveal the truth.

a biased, propagandistic book (4/7 people found this helpful)

Danforth interviewed mostly Skopjan emigres in Australia for this biased work. He ignores that Macedonia was a name given to a Yugoslav region by Tito; he ignores the irredentist designs of the Slavs. He only aims his sights on how Greece ignores the rights of Slav Macedonians--most of whom, by the way, have assimilated & consider themselves Greeks. Save your money; wait for ...the movie.

a biased, propagandistic book (6/11 people found this helpful)

Danforth interviewed mostly Skopjan emigres in Australia for this biased work. He ignores that Macedonia was a name given to a Yugoslav region by Tito; he ignores the irredentist designs of the Slavs. He only aims his sights on how Greece ignores the rights of Slav Macedonians--most of whom, by the way, have assimilated & consider themselves Greeks. Save your money; wait for ...the movie.

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