Notions of Violence and Ethnic Cleansing on the Eve of the First World War

This book examines patterns of behavior during an era of mass brutality by analyzing, in a transnational context, mechanisms of violence and ethnic cleansing in the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.

Autorentext

Panagiotis Delis holds a PhD in history from Simon Fraser University. He serves as a permanent civil servant and as research associate at the University of Athens.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements - Introduction - A Longue Durée Borderland Crisis: 1804-1912 - Bekir Fikri of Grevena: Micro Dynamics of Violence in the Vilayet of Manastir - An Undeclared War in the Sidelines: The Paramilitaries and the Locals - An Undeclared War in the Sidelines: The Military Occupation - Notions of Violence and Ethnic Cleansing in Thrace and the Pomak Christianization - The Epirus Front: A Case of Counterinsurgency and the Albanian Factor - Conclusions - Bibliography.