Have any of you read this book? Would you describe it as an accurate depiction of what Balkan history is and was since the book was as written?
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Stormrage44@reddit
I'd even read a bulgarian's book but not american.
LibertyChecked28@reddit
Its easily digestible consumer turd that depicts what the US wants to hear & be able to capitalise on from a region they cant be bothered to give two $h!ts about, a product made from the US for the US under 'Balkan' standpoint.
Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit
I've never read the book, but the picture on the cover shows which city it depicts ?.
pobednik1117@reddit
Sarajevo
Hefty_Jaguar4305@reddit
wow cool...
ThatHabsburgMapGuy@reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBalkans/comments/o92xwv/has_anyone_read_balkan_ghosts_by_robert_kaplan/
https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/7oj9i5/can_anyone_suggest_a_book_in_balkan_geopolitics/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/64k4v0/how_do_professional_historians_view_the_writings/
fesagolub@reddit
I wasn’t a fan of his approach. I came away thinking he couldn’t get out of his own way (American/Western simplifications of things) when interpreting the people and places.
To be clear, I don’t believe he was intentionally biased.
baron_spaghetti@reddit
Yes.
And although some folks might take some offense to some of the things said, Mr. Caplan is quite accurate in many ways.