The Case for Kosova

Passage to Independence
Herausgeber: Di Lellio, Anna

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Makes the case for Kosova's independence; a challenging and unique book to inspire serious debate.

Produktdetails

• Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781843312451
• ISBN-10: 184331245X
• Artikelnr.: 21923093

Autorenporträt

Anna Di Lellio holds a PhD in Sociology from Columbia University and a Masters in Public Policy and International Affairs from New York University. She has extensive experience in Kosovo, first as Media Commissioner, and later as Political Advisor to the UN Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator. Ismaïl Kadaré is a world-renowned Albanian writer. In 1992, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca; in 2005, he won the inaugural Booker International Prize. He has divided his time between France and Albania since 1990.

Inhaltsangabe

The Contributors; Editor's Note; Preface; Introduction; 1. Is Kosova a Late
Creation of the Yugoslav State and Should It Be Considered the Cradle of
the Serb Nation?; 2. Were Albanians Always on the Side of the Ottoman
Empire against Christian Powers?; 3. Is It True that Albanians in Kosova
are not Albanians, but Descendants from Albanized Serbs?; Is the Muslim
Conversion of Albanians the Main Cause of the Estrangement Between Slavs
and Albanians?; 5. Is It True that Albanians Invaded Kosova?; 6. Is It True
that Albanians are Responsible for an Orchestrated Campaign to Destroy
Kosova's Cultural Heritage in Modern Times?; 7. Have Ethnic and Religious
Animosities Caused the Destruction of the Artistic and Cultural Heritage of
Kosova during the Ottoman Period?; 8. Was the Albanian Opposition to the
Serb Kingdom's Annexation in 1912 Without Justification?; 9. Is the
Complaint about the Serb State's Deportation Policy of Albanians Between
the Two World Wars Based on Myth?; 10. Is It True that Albanians
Collaborated with Nazi Germany during WWII?; 12. Did Albanians in Kosova
Breach their Voluntary Commitment to Join Yugoslavia in 1945?; 13. Have
Albanians Been Against a Peaceful Solution to the Question of Kosova's
Autonomy?; 14. Have Albanian Terrorism and Separatism Been the Cause of the
Yugoslav State Violence During the 1990s?; 15. Was the KLA a Criminal,
Terrorist and Islamist Organization?; 16. Is It True that there is No Right
of Self-Determination for Kosova?; 17. Was the Former 1999 NATO
Intervention an Illegal War Against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia?; 18.
Is It True that the NATO Bombing and the KLA were Responsible for the
Albanian Refugee Crisis and that the Number of Albanians Killed During the
War Has Been Grossly Exaggerated?; 19. Were Albanians Responsible for
Reverse Ethnic Cleansing After the War?; 20. Is it True that an Independent
Kosova Will Inevitably be a Mono-Ethnic State, Unless Serb Communities and
Their Territories Become Autonomous?; 21. Is It True that a Human Rights
Culture, Respectful of Minorities, is Impossible in Kosova?; 22. Would an
Independent Kosova be an Islamic State?, 23. Would Kosova Survive
Economically as an Independent State?; 24. Is It True that Kosova Cannot
Govern Itself and Needs Further International Tutelage, or Conditional
Independence?; 25. Is It True that Kosova is a Clannish Society Still
Regulated by the Kanun, or the Customary Law, and Does Not Belong to the
West?; 26: Is Greater Albania a Threat?; 27. Is It True that the
Independence of Kosova Would Destabilize the Balkans and Endanger the
Possibility of Stabilizing Other Areas of the World, for example, Chechnya
or Nagorno Karabach?; 28. Is It True that Decentralization is the Key to
Security and Stability in Kosova?; Afterword