Typically Twisted – Politics of the Balkan Wars
The nineteenth century wasn’t a great time for the Ottoman Empire. It wasn’t the worst time, that would be the beginning of the twentieth century
Proudly Third
“We are not going to pay the balance on others’ accounts, we are not going to serve as pocket money in anyone’s currency exchange, we
The Balkan Invention of Air to Air Combat
National-level warfare in the 21st century depends on air power. Armies without air support are lost against enemies with modern aircraft and precision weapons. Air
The Plague that Killed the Emperor
“Is any man afraid of change? What can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature? Can
From Plague to Vampires
The most popular walking tours in London include strolling by known plague pit sites, where the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who died during the
The Battle of Petrovaradin and a Tardy Death Warrant
The Vojvodina town of Petrovaradin, now part of Novi Sad, Serbia, was first settled in 4,500 BC during the Stone Age. Since that time, it
It Became Slav
On 7 August 626, faced with an inability to breech the sea walls at the Golden Horn area of then-Constantinople, the Slav fighters supporting the
From Serbian Independence to Israel
Between 1804 and 1835 Serbia fought for independence from the Ottoman Empire that had ruled over the Balkans for more than 400 years. Men like
The Rabbi That Started It All
When Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain on 31 July 1492, they were welcomed with open arms into the Ottoman-ruled Balkans. Thus the
A Crisis the World Didn’t Know Existed
On 4 July 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie were buried at their estate of Artstetten. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary didn’t even