This history of the western Balkans in the sixteenth century brings together rich primary research and a masterful synthesis of key work on Habsburg Croatia, Ottoman Bosnia, and Venetian Dalmatia. Tracy offers the first clear assessment of how Austria and Venice, despite their mutual hostility, managed to hold back a seemingly unstoppable Ottoman advance.

Maps
Introduction
Prologue: Ottoman Expansion in the Balkans
1 Hungary and Venice Defeated
2 The Ottoman Advantage: Advances in Slavonia, Croatia, and
Dalmatia
3 Diplomacy and Kleinkrieg
4 War by Consultation vs. War by Command
5 War in a Time of Peace
6 Two Wars and Three Borders
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography

James D. Tracy is emeritus professor of history at the University of Minnesota.