Sea of Blood: A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavi

Gaj Trifković
Sea of Blood: A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavia 1941-45
448 strani, mehka vezava, 14 zemljevidov.

Kratek opis v angleškem jeziku:
The Second World War on the territory of the former Yugoslavia was marked by extraordinary complexity and base brutality. At least twelve factions fought against and worked with each other in what was at the same time a liberation war, a civil war, and a revolutionary war. The human cost was staggering: out of the pre-war population of roughly 15 million, more than one million died as a direct result of the conflict.

Sea of Blood follows the creation and rise of the communist-led People's Liberation Movement and more specifically its combat arm, colloquially known as the Partisans. Sea of Blood also deals heavily with Axis counterinsurgency efforts, particularly those carried out by armed formations of the Third Reich. Although the past decade has seen a steady rise in the number of academic publications in English dealing with various military aspects of the war, none of them offers comprehensive coverage of the entire conflict. The main deficiency of most scholarly works from outside of what was once Yugoslavia is the over-reliance on Axis/non- Yugoslav primary sources; Sea of Blood seeks to redress the imbalance by drawing heavily on both original Yugoslav documents and a vast array of secondary sources published in the region over the past 70 years. The text also cites unpublished materials from more than a dozen archival institutions including NARA, TNA, TsAMO, BA/MA, Military Archives in Belgrade, and national archives from practically every former Yugoslav republic.

Sea of Blood will find a readership among all those interested in the Second World War in Yugoslavia, the history of guerrilla warfare, and the contemporary history of the Western Balkans. The main narrative is divided into seven chapters. Additional information is provided in the introduction (which comes together with a bibliographical survey) and three appendices, which contain a short treatise on human losses, as well as tables and organizational charts; the text is accompanied by 14 maps.

"Dr. Trifkovic (and Helion) have performed sterling service by making available in English after all these years the first complete, reliable account of the Partisans, fully footnoted and accompanied by a staggering bibliography....For anyone interested in the complete story of World War II, Sea of Blood fills what was probably the largest and most mysterious hole remaining in the literature. A fine volume taken entirely on its own merits, the nature of the subject matter further elevates the author's work, and this should be recognized as one of the most important new books about the war to come down the pike in a long time.....Certainly one of the best new books of the year." Stone & Stone Books

"....Trifkovic’s unique achievement lies in providing us with an account that, while clearly prioritizing the insurgents’ perspective, nearly always manages to back up his conclusions with sources from both camps......a long-overdue critical reassessment of what must be rated as the most proficient and skilled insurgent movement of the 1930s–1960s period, which can be said to have surpassed even Mao’s PLA and the Vietminh. It likely as not will be compared to my own Partisanenkrieg in Jugoslawien (Mittler & Sohn, 2002) but its bigger spread of primary sources makes it superior. Helion is to be commended for publishing Sea of Blood with traditional footnotes." Journal of Military History, Jul 22

"..Sea of Blood is the definitive work on the military history of World War II in Yugoslavia that will be hard to surpass any time soon. It is already safe to say that Trifković’s book....is the gold standard in the field. Sea of Blood is a must for those who are interested in Yugoslavia’s history, but also for those who are interested in World War II more broadly, guerilla warfare, and insurgency and counterinsurgency tactics." Journal of Military History, Oct 22

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