Na protyazhenii mnogikh let avtor issleduet istoriyu yugoslavyanskikh narodov - serbov, chernogortsev, bosniytsev, makedontsev, khorvatov,sloventsev,albantsev v Kosove i Makedonii. V knige sobrany osnovnye raboty avtora, napisannye v period s serediny 90-kh gg. po nastoyashchee vremya. V pervoy chasti knigi proanalizirovany vazhnye vekhi istorii slavyanskikh narodov Balkan, pokazany etapy rossiyskoy politiki v etom regione, stanovlenie i razvitie russko - serbskikh i chernogorskikh otnosheniy, istoki vzaimnykh simpatiy i iskrenney druzhby. Vtoraya chast' posvyashchena krizisnym sobytiyam 90-kh godov KhKh v. na territorii byvshey Yugoslavii: prichinam krizisa i voyn, deyatel'nosti mezhdunarodnykh organizatsiy, v tom chisle Mezhdunarodnogo tribunala po byvshey Yugoslavii, agressii NATO na Soyuznuyu Respubliku Yugoslaviyu v 1999 g., pozitsii Rossii v otnoshenii sobytiy na Balkanakh na protyazhenii poslednikh 20 let. V tret'ey chasti predstavleny lichnye vospominaniya avtora o vstrechakh na balkanskikh dorogakh s glavnymi aktyerami bosniyskoy voyny - Radovanom Karadzhichem i generalom Ratko Mladichem, o rabote v shtabe mirotvorcheskikh sil v Zagrebe v 1994 g., ob uchastii v kachestve nauchnogo eksperta na protsesse generala Galicha.