1st Edition

Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion

Edited By Kyril Drezov, Bulent Gokay, Michael Waller Copyright 2001
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    This collection examines the escalation of the Kosovo conflict to a full-scale war. It looks at its origins, background and the implications of the conflict: the myths, history and perceptions of the post-1989 crisis and the situation after the start of NATOs 1999 bombing campaign.

    Part I Part I; Chapter 1 Kosovo/Kosova: A Land of Conflicting Myths, AleksandarPavkovi?; Chapter 2 Albanian Schooling in Kosovo 1992–1998: ‘Liberty Imprisoned’, DenisaKostovi?ová; Chapter 3 The Growing Pains of the Kosovo Liberation Army, TimJudah; Chapter 4 The Kosovo Liberation Army: The Myth of Origin, JamesPettifer; Chapter 5 Tirana’s Uneasy Role in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998–1999, MirandaVickers; Chapter 6 Kosovar Refugees in Albania: The Emergency Response, AlbaBozo; Chapter 7 ‘ Come, friendly bombs …’: International Law in Kosovo, PatrickThornberry; Chapter 8 Collateral Damage: The Impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo War, KyrilDrezov; Chapter 9 ‘Kosovized’ Bosnia, Zoran?irjakovi?; Part II Part II; Chapter 10 Bombing Yugoslavia: It Is Simply the Wrong Thing to Do, KyrilDrezov, BülentGökay; Chapter 11 Should NATO Bomb Serbia?, ChristopherBrewin; Chapter 12 Looking Neither Forward Nor Back: NATO’s Balkan Adventure, AndrewFear; Chapter 13 Gardening, AlexDanchev; Chapter 14 Rational Means to Useful Ends, MichaelWaller; Chapter 15 Kosovo: Why Intervention was Right, MatthewWyman; Chapter 16 So Much Expended for So Little Good, JohnSloboda; Chapter 17 Lessons of Kosovo, MartinDent; Chapter 18 The Limitations of Violent Intervention, SofiaDamm; Chapter 19 The Natural Environment and the Balkan Conflict, AndrewDobson; conclusion Conclusions; Part 3 Documents; Chapter 20 The Rambouillet Text, February 1999; Chapter 21 Press Statement by Dr Javier Solana, Secretary-General of NATO, 23 March 1999; Chapter 22 UN Security Council Resolution 1244, 10 June 1999;

    Biography

    Michael Waller, Kyril Drezov, Bülent Gökay