Peace at any price : how the world failed Kosovo / Iain King, Whit Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Iain.

Contributor:

Mason, Whit.

Series:

Crises in world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Peace.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Peace.

Peacekeeping forces--Serbia--Kosovo.

Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations--Serbia--Kosovo.

United Nations.

Kosovo (Republic)--International status.

Kosovo (Republic).

Physical Description:

xx, 303 pages : map ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In June 1999, after three months of NATO air strikes had driven Serbian forces back from the province of Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council authorized creation of an interim civilian administration. Under this mandate, the UN was empowered to coordinate reconstruction, maintain law and order, protect human rights, and create democratic institutions. Six years later, the UN's special envoy to Kosovo, Kai Eide, described the state of Kosovo: "The current economic situation remains bleak.... respect for rule of law is inadequately entrenched and the mechanisms to enforce it are not sufficiently developed.... with regard to the foundation of a multiethnic society, the situation is grim."In Peace at Any Price, Iain King and Whit Mason describe why, despite an unprecedented commitment of resources, the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), supported militarily by NATO, has failed to achieve its goals. Their in-depth account is personal and passionate yet analytical and tightly argued. Both authors served with UNMIK and believe that the international community has a duty to intervene in regional conflicts, but they suggest that Kosovo reveals the difficult challenges inherent in such interventions. They also identify avoidable mistakes made at nearly every juncture by the UN and NATO. We can be sure that the international community will be called on to intervene again to restore the peace of shattered countries. The lessons of Kosovo, cogently presented in Peace at Any Price, will be critically important to those charged with future missions.

Contents:

Map of Kosovo xx

Kosovo and Humanitarian Intervention up to 1999 25

Part I The Four Phases of International Administration in Kosovo

Emergency: June 1999-October 2000 49

Consolidation: October 2000-June 2002 93

Confrontation and Stagnation: June 2002-February 2004 137

The Reckoning: March 2004-May 2006 189

Part II Why the World Failed to Transform Kosovo

Measuring Success 233

Explaining Failure 240

Doing Better 257

Appendix A Chronology of Events in Kosovo 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index.

ISBN:

0801445396

OCLC:

70660374

Publisher Number:

9780801445392