Report of the International Commission To Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars; Division of Intercourse and Education Publication No. 4
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment, 1914. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. iv, [6], 413, [5] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Fold-out maps. Appendices. Wear to edges of boards and spine. Corners bumped. Ink notation inside the front cover. The circumstances which attended the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913 were of such character as to fix upon them the attention of the civilized world. The conflicting reports as to what actually occurred before and during these wars, together with the persistent rumors often supported by specific and detailed statements as to violations of the laws of war by the several combatants, made it important that an impartial and exhaustive examination should be made of this nation by an independent authority was to inform public opinion and to make plain just what is or may be involved in an international war carried on under modern conditions. In July, 1913, an International Commission of Inquiry to study the recent Balkan was and to visit the actual scenes where fighting had taken place and the territory which had been devastated. The result of the work of the International Commission of Inquiry is contained in the following report. This report, which has been written without prejudice and without partisanship, is respectfully commended to the attention of the government, the people and the press of the civilized world. More