Yugoslavia, Crisis in Kosovo
Title | Yugoslavia, Crisis in Kosovo PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Anderson |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780929692562 |
Human rights monitors in Kosovo.
Kosovo
Title | Kosovo PDF eBook |
Author | Dr Denisa Kostovicova |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2005-10-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 113427632X |
Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space explores the Albanian-Serbian confrontation after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and the policy of repression in Kosovo through the lens of the Kosovo education system. The argument is woven around the story of imposed ethnic segregation in Kosovo's education, and its impact on the emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among the Serbian and Albanian youth in the 1990s. The book also critically explores the wider context of the Albanian non-violent resistance, including the emergence of the parallel state and its weaknesses. Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space not only provides an insight into events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in the late 1990s, but also shows that the legacy of segregation is one of the major challenges the international community faces in its efforts to establish an integrated multi-ethnic society in the territory.
Degraded Capability
Title | Degraded Capability PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Hammond |
Publisher | Pluto Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2000-05-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780745316314 |
'Required reading for anyone wishing to understand the war and the media's role in it.' --The New Internationalist
Understanding the War in Kosovo
Title | Understanding the War in Kosovo PDF eBook |
Author | Florian Bieber |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780714653914 |
This is a comprehensive survey of developments in Kosovo leading up to, during and after the war in 1999, providing additionally the international and regional framework to the conflict.
The Kosovo Report
Title | The Kosovo Report PDF eBook |
Author | Independent International Commission on Kosovo |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2000-10-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199243093 |
The war in Kosovo was a turning point: NATO deployed its armed forces in war for the first time, and placed the controversial doctrine of 'humanitarian intervention' squarely in the world's eye. It was an armed intervention for the purpose of implementing Security Council resolutions-but without Security Council authorization.This report tries to answer a number of burning questions, such as why the international community was unable to act earlier and prevent the escalation of the conflict, as well as focusing on the capacity of the United Nations to act as global peacekeeper.The Commission recommends a new status for Kosovo, 'conditional independence', with the goal of lasting peace and security for Kosovo-and for the Balkan region in general. But many of the conslusions may be beneficially applied to conflicts the world-over.
Kosovo
Title | Kosovo PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Judah |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2002-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780300097252 |
Om det spændte forhold mellem albanere og serbere i Kosovo, som har eksisteret siden middelalderen, og som til sidst førte til NATOs bombardement og Kosovos forvandling fra serbisk provins til internationalt protektorat
Winning Ugly
Title | Winning Ugly PDF eBook |
Author | Ivo H. Daalder |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2004-05-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780815798422 |
After eleven weeks of bombing in the spring of 1999, the United States and NATO ultimately won the war in Kosovo. Serbian troops were forced to withdraw, enabling an international military and political presence to take charge in the region. But was this war inevitable or was it the product of failed western diplomacy prior to the conflict? And once it became necessary to use force, did NATO adopt a sound strategy to achieve its aims of stabilizing Kosovo? In this first in-depth study of the Kosovo crisis, Ivo Daalder and Michael O'Hanlon answer these and other questions about the causes, conduct, and consequences of the war. Based on interviews with many of the key participants, they conclude that notwithstanding important diplomatic mistakes before the conflict, it would have been difficult to avoid the Kosovo war. That being the case, U.S. and NATO conduct of the war left much to be desired. For more than four weeks, the Serbs succeeded where NATO failed, forcefully changing Kosovo's ethnic balance by forcing 1.5 million Albanians from their home and more than 800,000 from the country. Had they chosen to massacre more of their victims, NATO would have been powerless to stop them. In the end, NATO won the war by increasing the scope and intensity of bombing, making serious plans for a ground invasion, and moving diplomacy into full gear in order to convince Belgrade that this was a war Serbia would never win. The Kosovo crisis is a cautionary tale for those who believe force can be used easily and in limited increments to stop genocide, mass killing, and the forceful expulsion of entire populations. Daalder and O'Hanlon conclude that the crisis holds important diplomatic and military lessons that must be learned so that others in the future might avoid the mistakes that were made in this case.