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Bezig met laden... Kosovo: A Short History (1998)door Noel Malcolm
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Prior to reading "Kosovo: A short history", I knew sweet fa about Kosovo, except that it featured in the media in the 1990s for all the wrong reasons. Now I know this small, landlocked nation (or at least considered by over 100 other countries as a nation) has a bloody history that seems far bigger than its area, full of Nazi collaboration and a seemingly insignificant (in global terms) battle in 1389 that still echoes through the region six centuries later. Like his earlier tome on Bosnia, Malcolm is very thorough and you don't finish the book wishing Malcolm had covered particular topics in more detail. As Kosovo may yet prove to be an important part of twenty first century Europe, this book is worth a read. This is a very thorough history. It naturally brings in the whole Balkans, and therefore the Ottoman Empire too; these are brief, accessible, and a very nice introduction for the clueless like me. The Kosovo part is quite interesting, it's also dense, and there is an agenda (albeit, probably a justified one). The author firmly believes Kosovo should be independent and Albanian, and rejects the mythical Serbian links to the region as, well myth. Actually Serbia comes out awful... since day one of independence (1878). I found this quite readable and enjoyable in the way disturbing histories are enjoyable. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Verwijzingen naar dit werk in externe bronnen. Wikipedia in het Engels (40)"An excellent scholarly contribution to the study of the province. . . . Seriously differs from the biased interpretations published by Serbian and Albanian historians, or trendy but shallow Western "Kosovology experts." --Canadian Slavonic Papers "A thrilling detective story." --New York Times Book Review "Excellent." --New York Review of Books "A book every policy expert, journalist and lay person must read." --Wall Street Journal "Malcolm's narrative is gripping, even brilliant at times ... He takes to his task with the vigor of a detective driven by true passion. At times his claims are, in terms of Balkan history, quite revolutionary." --Economist "Cover(s) the whole history of Kosovo, with an authority that is often breathtaking and never oppressive." --Sunday Times "Brilliantly researched and argued ... a magisterial work of history ... Kosovo will inevitably be received immediately as an immensely valuable contribution to our understanding and knowledge of a contemporary crisis. But to see the book as merely a contribution to the present-day debate is to do it a disservice. This is a profound and pioneering work which will endure for generations." --Times Literary Supplement In this awe-inspiring work, Malcolm has created a vital successor to his Bosnia: A Short History and an essential aid to anyone who wishes to understand this tragic region today...His book is exceptional not only for his unimpeachable rearch, but also for his equitable examination of the conflicting ethnic views of what really happened ... One can't help speculating on how a clear understanding of the information contained here might have affected the Dayton Accord and history. --Publisher's Weekly, 4/20/98 By far the best available guide to the fatal steps to catastrophe. --The New York Review of Books ". . .elaborately researched . . ."--Book World A contested region of Serbia bordered by Albania and Macedonia, Kosovo was left out of the Bosnian peace agreement of 1995. For the 2.2 million Albanians living in Kosovo, this sparked the abandonment of a nonviolent independence movement in favor of armed struggle. The tinderbox Balkan province of Kosovo thus remains in limbo as Albanians urgently rally their forces against Serbian rule. Exemplifying once again the best of narrative, analytical history, Noel Malcolm here provides the definitive story of Kosovo, from its origins to its current state of unrest. Kosovo clarifies the troubled past and present of this crucial region in a readable and neatly compressed style. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Magisterial stuff, which unfortunately takes us only to 1997 and the emergence of the KLA. Unlikely to be bettered as a summary of historical knowledge, especially in the medieval period. ( )