Contested Statehood Kosovos Struggle for Independence (H/C)

This Book Offers the First Critical Analysis of the International Attempts to Settle the Kosovo Crisis From Its Inception to Kosovo's Declaration of Independence. the Author Participated in Most of These Settlement Attempts, Including the Carrington Conference on the Former Yugoslavia and the Rambouillet and Ahtisaari Negotiations. on This Basis, the Book Provides First Hand Insights Into the Failure of High-Level International Diplomacy in Dealing With One of the Most Explosive Crises to Hit the European Continent Since 1945. the Introductory Chapters Offer a Brief Account of the Background to the Crisis, Identifying the Structural Tensions in the Modern International System That Made It so Difficult for the Organized International Community to Address the Episode Effectively. the Book Addresses the Initial Settlement Attempts, From the London Peace Conference on Yugoslavia of 1991 to the Geneva Negotiations and the Impact of the Dayton Peace Conference on the Situation in Kosovo. Th