This annotated area guide presents a judicious evaluation of those writings which are particularly relevant to the contemporary political, socio-economic, and intellectual life of Southeastern Europe. It contains more than 3,000 bibliographic entries, together with additional citations for collateral reading. The entries include basic publications in the languages indigenous to the respective areas as well as sources in Russian and in the major Western languages, particularly English. A selection of publications which offer a panoramic view of the area as a whole is presented in the opening part. Succeeding parts deal with Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Entries in each part are divided into sections on general reference aids and bibliographies, the land, the people, history, the state, the economy, the society, and intellectual and cultural life. The parts on Greece and Yugoslavia also contain a section on general and descriptive works. (DO)