The Case for Kosova :Passage to Independence ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Passage to Independence

Publication series :1

Author: Di Lellio   Anna;Kadaré   Ismaïl  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2006

E-ISBN: 9780857287120

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781843312451

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781843312451

Subject: D Political and Legal

Keyword: 政治、法律

Language: ENG

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

Chapter

Editor's Note

Preface, by Muhammedin Kullashi

Main Matter

Introduction, by Anna Di Lellio

Chapter 1: Is Kosova a late creation of the Yugoslav state and should it be considered the cradle of the Serb nation? by Isa Blumi

The Answer

Chapter 2: Were Albanians always on the side of the Ottoman Empire against Christian powers? by Isa Blumi

The Answer

Chapter 3: Is it true that Albanians in Kosova are not Albanians, but descendants from Albanianized Serbs? by Noel Malcolm

The Answer

Chapter 4: Is the Muslim conversion of Albanians the main cause of the estrangement between Slavs and Albanians? by Noel Malcolm

The Answer

Chapter 5: Is it true that Albanians invaded Kosova? by Alain Ducellier

The Answer

Chapter 6: Is it true that Albanians are responsible for an orchestrated campaign to destroy Kosova's cultural heritage in modern times? by Andrew Herscher

The Answer

Chapter 7: Have ethnic and religious animosities caused the destruction of the artistic and cultural heritage of Kosova during the Ottoman period? by Machiel Kiel

The Answer

Chapter 8: Was the Albanian opposition to the Serb Kingdom's annexation in 1912 without justification? by Ivo Banac

The Answer

Chapter 9: Is the complaint about the Serb state's deportation policy of Albanians between the two World Wars based on myth? by Noel Malcolm

The Answer

Chapter 10: Is it true that Tito's Yugoslav policies favored Albanians in Kosova? by Ivo Banac

The Answer

Chapter 11: Is it true that Albanians collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II? by Bernd Fischer

The Answer

Chapter 12: Did Albanians in Kosova breach their voluntary commitment to join Yugoslavia in 1945? by Owen Pearson

The Answer

Chapter 13: Have Albanians been against a peaceful solution to the question of Kosova's autonomy? by Howard Clark

The Answer

Chapter 14: Have Albanian terrorism and separatism been the cause of the Yugoslav state policies during the 1990s? by Howard Clark

The Answer

Chapter 15: Was the KLA a criminal, terrorist and Islamist organization? by Stacy Sullivan

The Answer

Chapter 16: Is it true that there is no right of self-determination for Kosova? by Jennifer Ober and Paul R. Williams

The Answer

Chapter 17: Was the former 1999 NATO intervention an illegal war against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia? by Catherine Croft and Paul R. Williams

The Answer

Chapter 18: Is it true that the NATO bombing and the KLA were responsible for the Albanian refugee crisis in the spring 1999 and that the number of Albanians killed during the war has been grossly exaggerated? Excerpts from AAAS/ABA-CEELI Report

The Answer

How do the Researchers Come to that Conclusion?

How to Explain these Patterns?

Chapter 19: Were Kosovo Albanians responsible for "reverse ethnic cleansing" after the war? by Vjosa Dobruna

The Answer

Chapter 20: Is it true that an independent Kosova will inevitably be a mono-ethnic state, unless Serb communities and their territories become autonomous? by Albin Kurti

The Answer

Chapter 21: Is it true that a human rights culture, respectful of minorities, is a remote possibility in Kosova? by Julie Mertus

The Answer

Chapter 22: Would an independent Kosova be an Islamist state? by Dom Lush Gjergji

The Answer

Chapter 23: Would Kosova survive economically as an independent state? by Henry Perritt

The Answer

Chapter 24: Is it true that Kosova cannot govern itself and needs further international tutelage or conditional independence? by Besnik Pula

The Answer

Chapter 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? by Besnik Pula

The Answer

Chapter 26: Is Greater Albania a Threat? by Paulin Kola

The Answer

Where is the Albanian Nation Now?

Chapter 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? by Janusz Bugajski

The Answer

Chapter 28: Is it true that decentralization is the key to security and stability in Kosova? by Isa Blumi and Anna Di Lellio

The Answer

End Matter

Afterword, by Ismail Kadare

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