The Kosova Liberation Army : underground war to Balkan insurgency, 1948-2001 / James Pettifer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettifer, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ushtria C̨lirimtare e Kosovës--History.

Ushtria C̨lirimtare e Kosovës.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Kosovo (Republic)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Kosovo (Republic).

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Kosovo (Republic)--History--1980-.

Kosovo (Republic)--Ethnic relations--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]

Contents:

The origins of a guerrilla army

The underground war, 1950-1990

A new force in a new Balkans, 1990-1995

Preparation for battle : a handgun army?

Autumn 1997 : the war is defined

A liberated Drenica : Milosevic's first offensive

Summer 1998 : Golgotha avoided

The gathering storm, autumn 1998

Racak to Rambouillet, January-March 1999

Alliance with NATO and demobilisation of the KLA

Preshevo and the Macedonian sequel, 2000-2001

Epilogue

Appendix A: Military organisation in wartime Kosova, March-May 1999

Appendix B: Kosova People's Movement (LPK) and Popular Front for a Kosova Republic (LPRK); chronology and development

Appendix C: Programme of the People's Movement for the Republic of Kosova (LPRK)

Appendix D: Programme of the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA)

Appendix E: Undertaking of demilitarisation and transformation of the KLA, 20 June 1999.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231703727

0231703724

9780231801027

0231801025

OCLC:

775411587