The Albanian Question Reshaping the Balkans

by Pettifer, James; Vickers, Miranda

• ISBN13: 9781860649745
• ISBN10: 1860649742
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

In 1997 the previously little-known and isolated Balkan country of Albania exploded as the first armed uprising in mainland Europe since the 1920s brought the country to the brink of civil war. As the violence spread first to neighbouring Kosovo, then to south-east Serbia and finally to former Yugoslav Macedonia, the Albanian question increasingly took center stage in world affairs. This book examines Albania's place in the Balkans, a region which had been forced simultaneously to come to terms with the realities of a post-Communist world and the threat of Slobodan Milosevic's "Greater Serbia" project.

Author Biography

Miranda Vickers is the author of 'The Albanians : A Modern History' and 'Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo' James Pettifer is a journalist and author of 'The Blue Guide to Albania' and, also with Miranda Vickers, of 'Albania: From Anarchy to Balkan Identity'.

Table of Contents

Map of Albania, Kosova and region * Introduction * Chronology of Events * Part One: The Crisis of Post-Communist Albania * The Pyramid Banks and the Crisis of the Democratic Party Government * The March Uprising * The Spring Political Crisis * Part Two: The Struggle for Power * The Conflict and Northern Albania * 'Operation Alba' - A Coalition of the Willing * Map of Military Situation in Southern Albania March 1997 * The Revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge * Part Three: The Kosova Dimension of the National Question * Tirana, the Crisis in Kosova and the Origins of the Kosova Liberation Army * The War abd the 'First Offensive' * Map of the Military Situation in Kosova June 1998 * Tirana and the International Crisis * Part Four: The Political Crisis in Albania * The Northern Crisis - Preparing for a Coup d'etat * The Assassination of Azem Haydari and the 'Coup' * Part Five: Albania and the Deepening Kosova Crisis * The Spread of the Kosova War * Map of Refugee crisis in 1998 * Tirana and the January Crisis * Rambouillet and NATO Commitment * The Kosova Refugee Crisis and the Region * Part Six: The New Albanian Space and the Future * Tirana and the New Kosova * Tye Preshevo Conflict and the Macedonian Conflict of 2001 * Tirana and the Wider Albanian World - Panalbanianism * Glossary of Names and Acronyms * Index

Map of Albania, Kosova and region * Introduction * Chronology of Events * Part One: The Crisis of Post-Communist Albania * The Pyramid Banks and the Crisis of the Democratic Party Government * The March Uprising * The Spring Political Crisis * Part Two: The Struggle for Power * The Conflict and Northern Albania * 'Operation Alba' - A Coalition of the Willing * Map of Military Situation in Southern Albania March 1997 * The Revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge * Part Three: The Kosova Dimension of the National Question * Tirana, the Crisis in Kosova and the Origins of the Kosova Liberation Army * The War abd the 'First Offensive' * Map of the Military Situation in Kosova June 1998 * Tirana and the International Crisis * Part Four: The Political Crisis in Albania * The Northern Crisis - Preparing for a Coup d'etat * The Assassination of Azem Haydari and the 'Coup' * Part Five: Albania and the Deepening Kosova Crisis * The Spread of the Kosova War * Map of Refugee crisis in 1998 * Tirana and the January Crisis * Rambouillet and NATO Commitment * The Kosova Refugee Crisis and the Region * Part Six: The New Albanian Space and the Future * Tirana and the New Kosova * Tye Preshevo Conflict and the Macedonian Conflict of 2001 * Tirana and the Wider Albanian World - Panalbanianism * Glossary of Names and Acronyms * Index