The Road to Independence for Kosovo: A Chronicle of the Ahtisaari Plan [Hardcover]

Henry H. Perritt Jr. (Author)

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Publication Date: September 28, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0521116244 | ISBN-13: 978-0521116244 | Edition: 1

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 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.

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Book Description

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.

About the Author

Henry H. Perritt, Jr., is a Professor of Law and former Dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He served on President Clinton's Transition Team and in the Ford administration, during which time he was on the White House staff and later Deputy Under Secretary of Labor. He was a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress in 2002. Perritt is the author of more than 90 law review articles and 15 books on international relations and law, technology and law, and employment law, most recently Kosovo Liberation Army: The Inside Story of an Insurgency. He also wrote You Took Away My Flag - A Musical About Kosovo, which opened in Chicago in 2009.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (September 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521116244
• ISBN-13: 978-0521116244
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,598,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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