Episode 129 - Just Along for the Ride

<p>The damage caused by the Great Depression was not confined to the big economies of the world, and today I'll take a look at the instability and civil conflict that resulted from it in a trio of Central European nations. That's right, it's back to the future battlegrounds of Europe and the smaller states caught between the giants. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <ol><li>Berend, Ivan Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe Before World War II University of California Press 1998</li> <li>Lampe, John Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country Cambridge University Press 2000</li> <li>Glenny, Misha The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers 1804-1999 Penguin Books Ltd 1999</li> <li>Beaton, Roderick Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation University of Chicago Press 2019</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</p>