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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791933003321

Autore

Phillips David L (David Lawrence), <1959->

Titolo

Liberating Kosovo : coercive diplomacy and U.S. intervention / / David L. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2012

ISBN

0-262-30512-7

1-282-25381-6

9786613814463

0-262-30604-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Belfer Center studies in international security

Disciplina

949.7103/15

Soggetti

Kosovo War, 1998-1999 - Diplomatic history

Conflict management - Balkan Peninsula

Intervention (International law)

Kosovo (Republic) History Autonomy and independence movements

Kosovo (Republic) Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Culture and history -- Yugoslavia's collapse -- Diaspora politics -- International advocacy -- The Kosova Liberation Army -- Righteous Serbs -- Last-ditch diplomacy -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo -- Spring riots -- Martti Ahtisaari -- The home stretch -- Lessons of intervention.

Sommario/riassunto

A compelling account of the diplomatic and military actions that led to Kosovo's independence and their implications for future U.S. and UN interventions.