The Macedonian Question and the Macedonians

This book is a comprehensive and dispassionate analysis of the intriguing Macedonian Question from 1878 until 1949 and of the Macedonians (and of their neighbours) from the 1890s until today, with the two themes intertwining, and will be a key resource for scholars working on Macedonian history, Balkan politics and conflict resolution.

Autorentext

Alexis Heraclides is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens) and author of several books on self-determination, secession, the CSCE, humanitarian intervention, the Middle East conflict, the Cyprus Problem, the Greek-Turkish antagonism with emphasis on the Aegean dispute, the Macedonian Question and others.

Inhalt

Preface, 1. Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian Claims to Macedonia; 2. The War of Ethnographic Maps; 3. The VM(O)RO & Other Macedonian Organizations (1893-1940); 4. Tracing the Birth of a Balkan Nation; 5. Tito and the Macedonians; 6. The 'New Macedonian Question': The Greek-Macedonian dispute; 7. Bulgaria's Stance Towards Macedonia; 8. The Macedonian Language; 9. The Macedonian National Historical Narrative; 10. The Charm of Alexander the Great: Who Were the Ancient Macedonians?; 11. The Crux of the Greek-Macedonian Dispute: The Skeletons in the Cupboard; 12. The Settlement of the Greek-Macedonian Dispute: the Prespa Agreement; 13. The Ephemeral Macedonian-Bulgarian Rapprochement; Select Bibliography