Title The road to independence for Kosovo : a chronicle of the Ahtisaari plan / Henry H. Perritt, Jr

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Riots in Kosovo; 2 Albanian Resentment Comes to a Boil; 3 Armed Conflict Grows; 4 Cease-Fire Breaks Down; 5 Establishing the United Nations' First Colony; 6 Living Under a Colonial Regime; 7 Responding to the Wake-Up Call; 8 The Politics of Purgatory; 9 Enter Martti Ahtisaari; 10 The Stage for Final Status; 11 "Practical" Negotiations; 12 Negotiations over Status Itself; 13 The Ahtisaari Plan; 14 The Plan Runs into Trouble; 15 The Troika Takes Over; 16 Independence Day; 17 Kosovo's Future 18 Implications for the International OrderGlossary of Acronyms; Bibliography; Index Summary This book tells the story of Kosovo's independence, from the periodic bloodshed of the twentieth century to the diplomacy that led to a determination of Kosovo's final status as a state in 2008. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in February 2008, over the objection of Serbia and Russia. This culminated in more than a hundred years of, sometimes violent, resistance to what the majority Albanian population considered to be 'occupation' by foreign forces - first those of the Ottoman Empire, then those of Serbia, and finally by the United Nations. Kosovo's independence was the product of careful diplomacy, orchestrated by the United States and leading members of the European Union, under a framework brokered by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who subsequently won the Nobel Prize for Peace Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Ahtisaari, Martti, 1937-2023 SUBJECT Ahtisaari, Martti, 1937- fast Subject United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo. SUBJECT United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo fast Subject Geopolitics -- Balkan Peninsula HISTORY -- General. Autonomy and independence movements Ethnic relations Geopolitics Politics and government SUBJECT Kosovo (Republic) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Kosovo (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 21st century Kosovo (Republic) -- Ethnic relations Subject Balkan Peninsula Kosovo (Republic) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511634963 051163496X 0511699727 9780511699726 1107188377 9781107188372 1107402875 9781107402874 9786612336690 6612336692 0511632703 9780511632709 0511634528 9780511634529 0511631499 9780511631498 0511633904 9780511633904 9780511635410 0511635419

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