The Kosovo Crisis

Author : Tony Weymouth
Publisher : Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015054293421

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The Kosovo Crisis by Tony Weymouth Pdf

Kosovo saw the last European war of the twentieth century, the first fought by a NATO force, and possibly the end of America's direct involvement in European military affairs. This book explains how Kosovo came to be 'the crucible of a poisonous ethnic struggle' and examines the implications of the international response.*A unique presentation of the events by nine specialist writers makes this the only book of such scope and international dimension available on the Kosovo crisis. *Sets out the causes, chronicles the events and evaluates the motivation of the major participants in the conflict in a manner unattempted since the hostilities ended. *Multi-disciplinary in nature, the book establishes a link between politics and media. *Presents a close examination of the respective international responses and provides provocative, original and informed conclusions. *Includes analysis of German and Italian positions in NATO allowing students to examine the lesser known policies of these countries. *Presents a coherent post-Cold War interpretation of events of great importance to Europe, NATO and the USA. *Presents a view which underlines the need for a new foreign policy for the EU, par

Author : Tim Judah
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300097255

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Kosovo by Tim Judah Pdf

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

Author : Philip Hammond,Edward S. Herman
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 074531631X

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Degraded Capability by Philip Hammond,Edward S. Herman Pdf

'Required reading for anyone wishing to understand the war and the media's role in it.' --The New Internationalist

Author : Florian Bieber,Zidas Daskalovski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135761547

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Understanding the War in Kosovo by Florian Bieber,Zidas Daskalovski Pdf

The war in Kosovo has been a defining moment in post-Cold War Europe. Kosovo has great importance beyond the Balkans as the most ambitious attempt of the international community to prevent internal conflicts and rebuild a society destroyed by war and ethnic cleansing. As the danger of ethnic conflict prevails in the region and elsewhere around the world, the experience of Kosovo offers important lessons. 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. It examines the underlying causes of the war, the attempts by the international community to intervene, and the war itself in spring 1999. It critically examines the international administration in Kosovo since June 1999 and contextualizes it within the relations of Kosovo to its neighbours and as part of the larger European strategy in Southeastern Europe with the stability pact. It does not seek to promote one interpretation of the conflict and its aftermath, but brings together a range of intellectual arguments from some sixteen researchers from the Balkans, the rest of Europe and North America.

Author : Independent International Commission on Kosovo,The@independent international commission on Kosovo,Independent International Commission on
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199243099

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The Kosovo Report by Independent International Commission on Kosovo,The@independent international commission on Kosovo,Independent International Commission on Pdf

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.

Author : Heike Krieger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521800714

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The Kosovo Conflict and International Law by Heike Krieger Pdf

This book was first published in 2001. The Kosovo Conflict and International Law provides international lawyers, scholars and students with access to material on the conflict in Kosovo. As well as the basic material relating to Kosovo's status in Yugoslavia before 1999, this volume reproduces the significant documentation on the following issues: the development of the human rights situation, the diplomatic efforts for the settlement of the crisis, the military action against Yugoslavia and the international community's response, court action with regard to the conflict, and the implementation of the principles for a political solution with an international civil and security presence in Kosovo. Dr Krieger's analytical introduction provides the historical and political context as well as an overview of the various legal aspects of the conflict. A chronology and detailed index make the documents more accessible.

Author : Kenneth Anderson
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 092969256X

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Yugoslavia, Crisis in Kosovo by Kenneth Anderson Pdf

Human rights monitors in Kosovo.

Author : Ivo H. Daalder,Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815798423

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Winning Ugly by Ivo H. Daalder,Michael E. O'Hanlon Pdf

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.

Author : Mary Buckley,Sally Cummings
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0826456707

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Kosovo by Mary Buckley,Sally Cummings Pdf

Nato intervention in Kosovo marked a major turning point in post cold war international relations. While some western commentators argued that it was the first war to be fought on purely moral grounds, Serbian, Russian and Chinese assessments were sharply different.This highly original addition to the literature on Kosovo highlights the importance of perspective to an understanding of both the causes and consequences of war. It makes clear that the conceptual lenses, paradigms or frameworks through which political actors view reality in turn affect their understanding of the behaviour of others and their reactions to it. The authors, a team of regional experts on the countries covered, examine the way the war has been understood in countries involved in and peripheral to the conflict. Their aim is to provide a broad yet highly nuanced picture of this focal point of Balkan unrest.The book opens with an introduction to the historical and regional context of the conflict. The authors go on to present twelve case-studies, ranging from Serbia, and the other former Yugoslav republics, to the USA and to China. These detailed regional studies highlight the considerable variation in the key states' perceptions of their national interest and their perceptions of what constitutes legality or legitimacy. In each case, domestic constraints are explored and the ways in which differing perspectives of political and military leadership fed into the crisis are examined. Further thematic chapters determine the war's consequences and the lessons to be drawn in terms of the wider issues of refugees, humanitarian intervention, European security, and geopolitics.

Author : Paul Latawski,Martin A. Smith
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0719059801

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The Kosovo Crisis by Paul Latawski,Martin A. Smith Pdf

This book looks at the legacy of the 1998-99 Kosovo crisis for European security affairs. It examines the debates about the nature and justification of intervention in the affairs of sovereign states. It also considers the impact of the crisis on NATO and on relations between western states and Russia both during and since Kosovo. Well-known "facts" are critically assessed and challenged. The authors argue that the NATO attacks on Serbia were not a "war," nor did the crisis directly lead to moves to endow the European Union with its own military dimension. They place the Kosovo crisis in the context of the long-term evolution of a transatlantic "community of values" between Europe and North America.

Author : Andrew J. Bacevich,Eliot A. Cohen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231500524

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War Over Kosovo by Andrew J. Bacevich,Eliot A. Cohen Pdf

More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a new American "way of war." In so doing, Kosovo also brought into sharp focus the military, political, and moral dilemmas confronting a liberal democracy intent on wielding preeminent power on a global scale. What are the moral implications posed by waging high-tech warfare for humanitarian purposes? Does the precedent set by intervention of this type point toward peace and stability or toward more war? How well suited are the United States military and American society as a whole to the security challenges of the age of globalization? According to Bacevich and Cohen, gauging the "success" achieved in Kosovo yields important answers to these and related questions. The volume includes a well-crafted historical overview of the war and six essays that place it in a broader context. The contributors explore the conflict's relationship to U.S. grand strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics. Contributors: William A. Arkin, Andrew J. Bacevich, Eliot A. Cohen, Alberto R. Coll, James Kurth, Anatol Lieven, Michael Vickers

Author : Dick Leurdijk,Dick Zandee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351791571

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Kosovo: From Crisis to Crisis by Dick Leurdijk,Dick Zandee Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. Kosovo: From Crisis to Crisis deals with the main features of the most recent crisis, leading up to operation Allied Force. It provides an excellent analysis of all major aspects of NATO’s intervention and it discusses the current problems with the implementation of the settlement. Until recently, Kosovo was a rather unknown territory in a far-away corner of Europe. The Serbian-Albanian armed conflict, NATO's intervention and the following struggle by the international community to rebuild this area has turned Kosovo into terra cognita for diplomats, politicians, the military, aid workers and the public. Essential reading for political scientists with special interest in ethnic and conflict studies.

Author : Julie Mertus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520218659

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Kosovo by Julie Mertus Pdf

Explores the foundations of conflict in Kosovo, charging that the international community's failure to support the Albanians in their initial passive resistance to Serbian repression led to violence.

Author : Marc Weller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Albanians
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113603117

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The Crisis in Kosovo 1989-1999 by Marc Weller Pdf

Author : Marc Weller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047424710

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Peace Lost: The Failure of Conflict Prevention in Kosovo by Marc Weller Pdf

This book traces the failure of international action in Kosovo from the late 1980s until NATO intervention in 1999, and endeavours to explain why, during that time, so many opportunities for making peace were squandered. Applying methodology developed by the EU Conflict Prevention Network, it divides the conflict into four main phases and examines how, at each, chances for settlement were either lost or overlooked. It considers policy alternatives available at the time, and hypothesises reasons why these were ultimately discarded. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the author’s own experience of the negotiations process, this book presents a hitherto unexplored thesis of the Kosovo conflict, that of a ‘lag’ in international action in relation to the situation on the ground, and seeks to draw from these failures some central lessons for the future of conflict prevention.