Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War

A new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, exploring the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers, personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito, and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination.

Alfred J. Rieber is University Professor Emeritus at the Central European University, where he was Chair of History from 1996 to 2000. He previously taught at Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of many books, including Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands. From the Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War (2014), which won the 2015 World History Association Bentley Prize, and Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia (2015), which was shortlisted for the Pushkin Prize in Russian History in 2016.

Introduction
PART ONE: THE STORMS BREAK
1: Mussolini
2: Hitler
3: Stalin
4: Churchill
5: Tito
PART TWO: THE MOUNTING CRISIS
6: Early Signs
7: Collision Course
Conclusion without an Ending