A confederacy of peasants : rebellion and revolution, 1804-66 -- The realm of ruins : reform and decay, 1839-78 -- A maze of conspiracy : the southern Balkans, 1878-14 -- The empire of illusions : the northern Balkans, 1878-1914 -- A house of wars : war and peace, 1914-24 -- The palaces of deceit : the royal dictatorships, 1923-41 -- City of the dead : occupation, genocide, liberation, civil war, 1941-9 -- Prisons of history : communism and militarism, 1949-89 -- The Balkan vortex : nationalism, war and NATO, 1989-99 -- Epilogue : the swinging doors : Europe, crime and economic crisis, 1999-2012