Kosovo : what everyone needs to know / Tim Judah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judah, Tim, 1962-

Series:

What everyone needs to know.

What everyone needs to know

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Serbs--Kosovo (Republic)--History.

Serbs.

Albanians--Kosovo (Republic)--History.

Albanians.

Kosovo (Republic)--History.

Kosovo (Republic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 184 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tim Judah, who has spent years covering the region, offers succinct, penetrating answers to a wide range of questions: Why is Kosovo important? Who are the Albanians? Who are the Serbs? Why is Kosovo so important to Serbs? What role does Kosovo play in the region and in the world? Judah reveals how things stand now and presents the history and geopolitical dynamics that have led to it.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Preface: Why Kosovo?; Abbreviations; 1 Albanians; 2 Serbs; 3 Creating History; 4 From Dardania to Yugoslavia; 5 Kosovo in Yugoslavia; 6 From the Golden Age to the Memorandum; 7 The Miloševic-Rugova Years; 8 The War; 9 Kosovo after 1999; 10 March 2004 and the Ahtisaari Plan; 11 Kosovo and the Region; 12 Kosovo and the World; 13 Not the Last Chapter: Independence; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-974103-4

0-19-756983-8

1-281-72406-8

9786611724061

0-19-970404-X

OCLC:

476242612