The Fracture Zone: A Return to the Balkans

Simon Winchester usually does a great job of meandering around a topic, giving a great deal of personal background to the subject he is covering. In The Fracture Zone, that meandering is pretty much all there is. He goes to the balkans and explores the area and the people. There are still plenty of different groups with different goals and desires. There are different groups of people that don't get along. There are also people with shared ancestors  that don't get along. It makes for all sorts of conflict.