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Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Alex N. Dragnich, Serbia, Nikola Pasi � , and Yugoslavia, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1974. xiii, 266 pp. $15.00. Nikola Pasi6 played a leading role in South Slav politics for nearly fifty years. It is unfortu- nate that students of Balkan history have had to wait almost as long after his death for a solid biography to appear. With the publication of Alex Dragnich's book, Serbia, Nikola Pasié, and Yugoslavia, the wait is over. Dragnich quite rightly notes in his introduction that it is not easy to write about Paste. Records are few and hard to obtain; most friends and relatives who knew him are now dead, and even those still living had difficulty understanding him in depth. Pasic's refusal to commit his inner-most thoughts to writing or his emotions to public scrutiny makes it hard for the biographer to present an accurate portrait. Dragnich has pursued his subject with diligence, however, and has done a highly commendable and praiseworthy job of research. The author divides his book into two sections. The first, comprising five-sixths of the text, is a chronological treatment of Serb/Yugoslav political life during the years of Pasic's political http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Europe Brill

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Southeastern Europe , Volume 3 (1): 120 – Jan 1, 1976

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Brill
Copyright
© 1976 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0094-4467
eISSN
1876-3332
DOI
10.1163/187633376X00088
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BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Alex N. Dragnich, Serbia, Nikola Pasi � , and Yugoslavia, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1974. xiii, 266 pp. $15.00. Nikola Pasi6 played a leading role in South Slav politics for nearly fifty years. It is unfortu- nate that students of Balkan history have had to wait almost as long after his death for a solid biography to appear. With the publication of Alex Dragnich's book, Serbia, Nikola Pasié, and Yugoslavia, the wait is over. Dragnich quite rightly notes in his introduction that it is not easy to write about Paste. Records are few and hard to obtain; most friends and relatives who knew him are now dead, and even those still living had difficulty understanding him in depth. Pasic's refusal to commit his inner-most thoughts to writing or his emotions to public scrutiny makes it hard for the biographer to present an accurate portrait. Dragnich has pursued his subject with diligence, however, and has done a highly commendable and praiseworthy job of research. The author divides his book into two sections. The first, comprising five-sixths of the text, is a chronological treatment of Serb/Yugoslav political life during the years of Pasic's political

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Published: Jan 1, 1976

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