Author: Independent International Commission on Kosovo
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2000-10-19
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 0199243093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The war in Kosovo was a turning point: NATO deployed its armed forces in war for the first time, and placed the controversial doctrine of 'humanitarian intervention' squarely in the world's eye. It was an armed intervention for the purpose of implementing Security Council resolutions-but without Security Council authorization.This report tries to answer a number of burning questions, such as why the international community was unable to act earlier and prevent the escalation of the conflict, as well as focusing on the capacity of the United Nations to act as global peacekeeper.The Commission recommends a new status for Kosovo, 'conditional independence', with the goal of lasting peace and security for Kosovo-and for the Balkan region in general. But many of the conslusions may be beneficially applied to conflicts the world-over.
Author: Julie Mertus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1999-08-09
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 0520218655
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores the foundations of conflict in Kosovo, charging that the international community's failure to support the Albanians in their initial passive resistance to Serbian repression led to violence.
Author: Florian Bieber
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780714653914
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a comprehensive survey of developments in Kosovo leading up to, during and after the war in 1999, providing additionally the international and regional framework to the conflict.
Author: Tim Judah
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780300097252
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Om det spændte forhold mellem albanere og serbere i Kosovo, som har eksisteret siden middelalderen, og som til sidst førte til NATOs bombardement og Kosovos forvandling fra serbisk provins til internationalt protektorat
Author: Fred Abrahams
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9781564322647
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Kosovo in the 1990s
Author: R. Cody Phillips
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last The sudden disintegration of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1995 led to a series of violent armed ethnic conflicts that resulted in the deaths of more than a quarter-million civilians and almost 1.5 million refugees. Although NATO forces were able to end these conflicts and bring stability to most of the region, a brief flare-up occurred in 1998-99 in the autonomous province of Kosovo, which was part of Serbia. After a sustained bombing campaign against the Serbian aggressors, the United States Army entered the troubled province and eventually enforced a tenuous peace between the Kosovars and Serbs. This brief study chronicles the origins of U.S. involvement and the peace enforcement operation that followed through 2005. Military leaders, peace negotiators, military science, AP high school global studies students, and international relations students may find this resource helpful for research papers. Historians, especially military historians and political scientists may also be interested in this work. Related products: Yugoslavia From "National Communism" to National Collapse: US Intelligence Community Estimative Products on Yugoslavia, 1948-1990 (Book and CD-ROM) is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/041-015-00252-0 Other products produced by the U.S. Army, Center of Military History can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1061 "
Author: Ivo H. Daalder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2004-05-13
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780815798422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After eleven weeks of bombing in the spring of 1999, the United States and NATO ultimately won the war in Kosovo. Serbian troops were forced to withdraw, enabling an international military and political presence to take charge in the region. But was this war inevitable or was it the product of failed western diplomacy prior to the conflict? And once it became necessary to use force, did NATO adopt a sound strategy to achieve its aims of stabilizing Kosovo? In this first in-depth study of the Kosovo crisis, Ivo Daalder and Michael O'Hanlon answer these and other questions about the causes, conduct, and consequences of the war. Based on interviews with many of the key participants, they conclude that notwithstanding important diplomatic mistakes before the conflict, it would have been difficult to avoid the Kosovo war. That being the case, U.S. and NATO conduct of the war left much to be desired. For more than four weeks, the Serbs succeeded where NATO failed, forcefully changing Kosovo's ethnic balance by forcing 1.5 million Albanians from their home and more than 800,000 from the country. Had they chosen to massacre more of their victims, NATO would have been powerless to stop them. In the end, NATO won the war by increasing the scope and intensity of bombing, making serious plans for a ground invasion, and moving diplomacy into full gear in order to convince Belgrade that this was a war Serbia would never win. The Kosovo crisis is a cautionary tale for those who believe force can be used easily and in limited increments to stop genocide, mass killing, and the forceful expulsion of entire populations. Daalder and O'Hanlon conclude that the crisis holds important diplomatic and military lessons that must be learned so that others in the future might avoid the mistakes that were made in this case.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on European Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles W. Ingrao
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 493
ISBN-13: 1557536171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays examines Yugoslavia's dissolution and the subsequent wars.