Balkan inferno : betrayal, war, and intervention, 1990-2005 / Wes Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Wes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balkan Peninsula--History--1989-.

Balkan Peninsula.

History.

Balkan Peninsula--Foreign relations--1989-.

International relations.

Balkan Peninsula--Politics and government--1989-.

Politics and government.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Physical Description:

xvii, 505 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Enigma Books, [2007]

Summary:

From the final chapter: B &at an Athens cocktail party in the fall of 2003 a young officer from the US embassy said that his first assignment, in 1993-4, had been Tirana, "We could do anything we wanted. In fact, they would like to be our fifty-first state. All the stuff was coming in right out at the international airport." The "stuff" he was referring to, I knew, was shorthand for military equipment. Then, he quickly moved to another subject while I took in the breathtaking implications of his remarks. It meant that long before Kosovo had gotten out of hand, and had broken into armed conflict, the US was fomenting and actively supporting revolt in the province-the US bears major responsibility for much of what followed, including the war and its unending tragic aftermath.

Contents:

Prologue: Astride the Powder Keg xv

1 Back to the Future 1

2 Embattled Borderlands 35

3 Crossroads of Conflict 70

4 Europe's Orphan 103

5 The Heart of Darkness 141

6 Serbia's "Addams Family" 181

7 The Fascist Phoenix 225

8 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 260

9 Exorcizing the Great Engineers 301

10 Robin Hood and His Merry Men 345

11 Kosovo: The Bartered Bride 393

Epilogue: 2000-2005 435.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1929631634

9781929631636

OCLC:

138659694