Episode 129 - Just Along for the Ride

The damage caused by the Great Depression was not confined to the big economies of the world, and today I'll take a look at the instability and civil conflict that resulted from it in a trio of Central European nations. That's right, it's back to the future battlegrounds of Europe and the smaller states caught between the giants.    Bibliography for this episode:  Berend, Ivan Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe Before World War II University of California Press 1998 Lampe, John Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country Cambridge University Press 2000 Glenny, Misha The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers 1804-1999 Penguin Books Ltd 1999 Beaton, Roderick Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation University of Chicago Press 2019   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]