Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion

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This collection examines the escalation of the Kosovo conflict to a full-scale war. It looks at its origins, background and the implications of the conflict: the myths, history and perceptions of the post-1989 crisis and the situation after the start of NATOs 1999 bombing campaign. Kosovo/Kosova : a land of conflicting myths / Aleksandar Pavković -- Albanian schooling in Kosovo 1992-1998 : 'liberty imprisoned' / Denisa Kostovičová -- The growing pains of the Kosovo Liberation Army / Tim Judah -- The Kosovo Liberation Army : the myth of origin / James Pettifer -- Tirana's uneasy role in the Kosovo crisis, 1998-1999 / Miranda Vickers -- Kosovar refugees in Albania : the emergency response / Alba Bozo -- 'Come, friendly bombs ... ' : international law in Kosovo / Patrick Thornberry -- Collateral damage : the impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo war / Kyril Drezov -- 'Kosovized' Bosnia / Zoran Čirjaković -- Bombing Yuogoslavia : it is simply the wrong thing to do / Kyril Drezov, Bülent Gökay -- Should NATO bomb Serbia? / Christopher Brewin -- Looking neither forward nor back : NATO's Balkan adventure / Andrew Fear -- Gardening / Alex Danchev -- Rational means to useful ends / Michael Waller -- Kosovo : why intervention was right / Matthew Wyman -- So much expended for so little good / John Sloboda -- Lessons of Kosovo / Martin Dent -- The limitations of violent intervention / Sofia Damm -- The natural environment and the Balkan conflict / Andrew Dobson -- cuments: The Rambouillet Text, February 1999 (Appendix B: Status of the Multi-national Military Implementation Force) -- Press statement by Dr. Javier Solana, Secretary-General of NATO, 23 March 1999 -- UN Security Council Resolution 1244, 10 June 1999.