Book Review: Robert D. Kaplan, In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond, New York: Random House Publishing, 2016

Journal Title: NETSOL: New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 2

Abstract

In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond is an evocative and thought-provoking account of Robert D. Kaplan's past and present ventures into Romania, the Balkans, and the peripheries of Eastern Europe. The book can be thought of as a sequel to his 1993 work, Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, written in the same settings, methodology, and style of In Europe's Shadow, except that they take place over 30 years apart.

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  • EP ID EP253277
  • DOI 10.24819/netsol2016.10
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(2016). Book Review: Robert D. Kaplan, In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond, New York: Random House Publishing, 2016. NETSOL: New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences, 1(2), 69-71. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-253277