The Ideal of Balkan Unity from a European Perspective (1789-1945)

Loukianos, Hassiotis

Balcanica

XLI

209

229

0350-7653

10.2298/BALC1041209H

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4316

2010-2019/08/12/16:03:48

The federal movement in the Balkans is especially interesting, not because it was an ideological trend based on distinctive local characteristics, but precisely because it emerged concurrently with similar political and ideological trends on the rest of the continent, thus reflecting the close connection and mutual dependence between the various regions of Europe. The article approaches the different attempts for Balkan cooperation between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the Cold War in reference to the corresponding movements for the European reconciliation and unification, using comparatively the relevant bibliography. .