Control Over Bosnia-Herzegovina and World War I

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Example Keywords & Catalog Subject Headings

Treaty of Berlin (1878)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkans
Balkan Peninsula
World War I
Ottoman (Empire)
Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History
Eastern question (Balkan)
Turkey -- History -- 1829-1878.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes

Books/Print Resources at DPL

Bosnia and Hercegovina : a tradition betrayed
History of the Balkans
The Balkan wars : conquest, revolution, and retribution from the Ottoman era to…
Origins of the First World War

Database/Online Resources

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Sample Articles
Treaty Of Berlin; 15 July 1878
Sample Articles
Berlin, Congress of.
The Grand Illusion.
The Bosnian Muslims and Albanians: Islam and nationalism

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Sample Articles
Roots of Bosnian realities
San Stefano, Treaty of
Historical Construction and Development of Bosniak Nation

Prospector: Materials from Other Colorado and Wyoming Libraries

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The student's modern Europe; a history of modern Europe from the capture of Con…
War and diplomacy : the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and the Treaty of Berlin
The Congress of Berlin and after : a diplomatic history of the Near Eastern set…

Internet Sources

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A history of modern Europe from the capture of Constantinople, 1453, to the Tre…
From Hathi Trust. Discussion of Bosnia-Herzegovina begins on page 748.
Correspondence relating to the Congress of Berlin : with the protocols of the c…
Congress of Berlin papers from Hathi Trust. Use the term Bosnia in the Search in this Text box to find all information related to the Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Primary Source)
The Balkan crisis of 1875–78 and Russia: between humanitarianism and pragmatism
Open access chapter from JSTOR.
Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History Lecture No. 12: Bosnia-Hercegovi…
Twenty-Five Lectures in Balkan History from Michigan State University.

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