Tito's Yugoslavia

In 1951 Bernard Newman made a trip through ‘Tito's Yugoslavia'. Not a fleeting visit, but a thorough look through each of the states writing a little history, and little culture, interviewing ‘interesting people' and visiting tourist sights.

This is the second of Newman's books I have read, and my largest complaint with the first book I read Round the World in Seventy Days was that is was a bit vanilla. This is less so, but I am seeing a bit of a theme with his writing.

Newman does a pretty good job and covers a huge amount of ground, but I can't help but find his presentation dry. Perhaps this is the content - I am the first to admit my knowledge of Balkan history and politics starts at a very low baseline, and I was perhaps impatient for his travel section in each chapter.

He provides a chapter each to Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Montenegro, Dalmatia, Istria-Trieste, along with chapters on Tito and his Enemies; Yugoslav miscellany and a summary chapter.

3.5 stars, rounded down to 3.