{"title":"Marcia Kurapovna","description":"\u003cp\u003eMARCIA CHRISTOFF KURAPOVNA is a former international affairs correspondent with an academic background in East European history. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Habsburg Manifesto: How Modern Democracy Ruined My Life and How I Got Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Will and Testament of Western Man\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShadows on the Mountain: The Allies, the Resistance, and the Rivalries that Doomed WWII Yugoslavia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurapovna’s writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal Europe\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e. She also works in European Old Master paintings and runs her own publishing imprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcia is originally from Grosse Pointe Farms and has lived in and reported from southeastern Europe, Cairo, London, New York and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcia Kurapovna’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shadows-on-the-mountain","title":"Shadows on the Mountain: The Allies, the Resistance, and the Rivalries that Doomed WWII Yugoslavia","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at a crucial, little-known World War II episode—the failed Allied policy in Yugoslavia and its ramifications in the Balkans and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill called it one of his biggest wartime failures—the shift of British and U.S. support from Yugoslavia's Draža Mihailovic and his royalist resistance movement to Tito and his communist Partisans. This book illuminates the complex reasons behind that failure through the incredible story of what has been called the greatest rescue of Allied airmen from behind enemy lines in World War II history, a rescue executed, incredibly, with minimal official support from the United States and none such support from Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecounts an unknown chapter of World War II history and the single largest rescue operation of the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarting with Serbia's tragedy and triumph in World War II through civil war in Yugoslavia during World War I, focuses on the history of the Balkans, a tragically misunderstood part of the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSheds new light on the OSS-SOE relationship and manipulations of intelligence that profoundly altered policy decision making\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveals how failed Allied policy set the stage for Yugoslavia's breakup in the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetails the wartime camaraderie of unlikely warriors who became fast friends, outcasts, and heroes in executing the rescue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with the drama of a novel and the insight of serious history, \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in World War II, European history, and the Balkans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470084561\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780470084564\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Marcia Kurapovna","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185548001496,"sku":"9780470084564","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/ShadowsontheMountain_FC_mockup_v2_1660752680_ba4a4bf0-484a-4eaa-a627-a7fde22574d7.jpg?v=1790988647"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-marcia-kurapovna.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}