Peacekeeping in Albania and Kosovo

Conflict Response and International Intervention in the Western Balkans, 1997 - 2002

Daan W Everts

• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Jahr: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781838604509
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Politique et relations internationales
• Thema: Relations internationales

International interventions in conflict-ridden societies have left a trail of debacles behind. The limited military intervention and the civilian follow-up in Albania after the chaos in 1997 is a positive exception. Peacekeeping in Albania and Kosovo explores the concerted efforts to rebuild and modernize a society marked by its communist past, the failed coup attempt of 1998, and the influx of Kosovan refugees in 1999. In Kosovo, the UN-led international rule and its efforts to rebuild a society from scratch were complicated by many restraining political, financial and administrative factors. This book describes how former political advisories agreed to work together, how a successful multi-ethnic police force was built, how a remarkable demilitarization of former guerrillas was achieved and how political factions came to accept the outcome of the first democratic elections.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Map
• Context
• Chapter 1: Albania: Recoil from the abyss
• Chapter 2: The unstoppable war
• Chapter 3: Ethnic revenge
• Chapter 4: International protectorate I: Starting from scratch
• Chapter 5: International protectorate II: Preparing for the next phase
• Chapter 6: Transition to self-rule I: Preparing a constitution and central elections
• Chapter 7: Transition to self-rule II: Handing over governance
• Chapter 8: Concluding remarks: Lessons not learned
• Abbreviations
• Sources consulted
• Index