Subjects:  1. 1876-1917    2. Assassination    3. Conspiracies    4. Crna ruka    5. Dimitrijevic-Apis, Dragutin T    6. Dimitrijeviâc-Apis, Dragutin T.,    7. Eastern Europe - General    8. History - Military / War    9. History: World    10. Military - General    11. Political Discontent And Violence    12. Serbia    13. Trials, litigation, etc    14. Europe    15. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    16. First World War, 1914-1918    17. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle    18. World history: First World War   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Performing Arts    3. Performing Arts/Dance    4. Theater - General    5. Europe    6. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    7. Serbia    8. Social history    9. Travel / Europe / Eastern    10. Travel writing    11. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    12. c 1970 to c 1980    13. c 1980 to c 1990    14. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula - History    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. History    4. History - General History    5. Insurrection, 1804-1813    6. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Serbia    3. World War, 1914-1918   

Reviews (6)

The Make-A-War Kit
The Kosovo war is becoming more and more significant, especially in a post 9/11 world.It seems like Bill Clinton mostly got away with his own war of aggression, which was as manufactured a war as the recent one in Iraq. The Kosovo conflict was not invented by CNN
US readers seem to believe that the conflicts in Yugoslavia started in the 'nineties. As a matter of fact, they are the results of conflicts during the Ottoman empire, from the 15th to the 20th century. Kosova is only one part of it. The Serbian army took Kosova by force in 1913. Most of the time from that year, the Albanian population in Kosova has been encouraged by force, by money or by religion to move out. The stuff they didn't want us to know
I would probably give this book 4 and 1/2 stars.The only thing that I found unappealing about the book was a long, dry discussion the the Presidential War Powers Act about half way into the book but once I got around that I was pleased with the treatment of the topic.The book took a look at many of the issues that were avoided or "spun" by the US media to paint the war as a humanitarian triumph when in reality it was a humanitarian tragedy that actually reversed the ethnic cleansing (Serbs forcibly removed by Albanians from their homes) and all done with US and NATO approval.The book also predicted that the support of the Kosovar Albanians during the war would fuel Albanian irridentism which would spill into Macedonia (which occured last year) and destabilize the whole region. This is a lesson on how NOT to conduct foreign diplomacy.The thing I found very revealing was the number of events leading up to, during, and after the war that, I remember, described by the Clinton, Albright, and the Western media in a certain way that in actuality happened differently and even some things that were never reported.An example was the bombing of bridges and power plants in Belgrade that did more to harm civilians than the Serbian military.Not only Serbia but a number of countries in eastern Europe were affected economically due to the blocking of Danube by the collapsed bridges.River commerce on the Danube just opened this year, almost 3 years later.The book also took a critical look at the US's foreign policy double standard: touting human rights as a reason for intervention but only when it serves US interests (read why not intervene in Rwanda, East Timor, etc.) or intervene except when the human rights abuses are commited by allies (i.e Turkey). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil War, 1998-1999    2. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    3. General    4. History    5. International Relations - General    6. Intervention (International law)    7. Kosovo (Serbia)    8. Military - Other    9. Operation Allied Force, 1999    10. Participation, Foreign    11. Political Science    12. Politics - Current Events    13. Politics / Current Events    14. Politics/International Relations   

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Artistic Treasures Endangered
To the "reader from New York": Take care of the ignorance and racism you obvioiusly show in your review. This is a review about a book, not what you ignorantly think about a people. It's comments like these that led to the wave of violence that swept over the Kosovo countryside last week in another wave of ethnic cleansing. Only this time the aggressors were the Albanians and the Serbs were the victims. As a result of this attempt at stamping out all signs of Serbian society, even its medieval artistic symbols, the churches, were targeted. This is important to mention here because one of the churches photographed and described in this book is the Church of the Mother of God, Bogoroditse Ljeskva in Prizren, which dates back to the 14th century. It was tragically destroyed in a wave of violence. Sadly, this book shows what once was, and no longer is. Not worth a title
Not worth a word.. It will soon all be history!
What a great book in regards to showing what historic significance Kosovo & Metohija has to the Serbian nation.The illustrations are simply breathtaking and tempts one to go there and view the beauty in person (ifit were not for the violence).The book will soon be a book on history asit seems that every day another church or monastery is blown away by theAlbanian population while the West sanctifies their actions. Great book andits a shame that we can't go to Kosovo and Metohija and view it in person! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture, Medieval    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Christian art and symbolism    5. Church architecture    6. European    7. General    8. History - General    9. Individual Photographer    10. Kosovo    11. Kosovo (Serbia)    12. Medieval Art    13. Medieval, 500-1500    14. Religious Buildings    15. Serbia    16. Serbia and Montenegro    17. Subjects & Themes - Religious    18. Vernacular Architecture    19. Architecture    20. Art / History / European    21. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    22. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Elementary school teachers    3. Elizabeth Kenny Institute    4. Genealogy    5. History    6. Lika (Croatia)    7. Minneapolis    8. Minneapolis Children's Medical Center    9. Minnesota    10. Serbian Americans    11. Smilanich family    12. Smilanich, Marie Eldred    13. Smilanich, Mitchell S    14. Smiljanic family   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. History - General History    3. Milosevic, Slobodan    4. Nationalism    5. Political structure & processes    6. Serbia    7. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula - History    2. Congresses    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Kosovo (Serbia)    7. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    8. History / Europe / Eastern    9. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Balkan Peninsula - History    3. Civil War, 1998-1999    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Europe    7. History    8. History & Theory - General    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Kosovo (Serbia)    12. Politics and government    13. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    14. International relations    15. Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems    16. Southeast Europe    17. Warfare & Defence    18. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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False False False
Went throught it, very poorly written from a pro-albanian perspective. Now if you go to a search Engine and put in Greater Albania, you'll get journalists reporting facts and Profesors political analytical points of views on facts that will give you a much more professional insight into the subject. Just don't bother buying this, its only worth burning it in the fireplace to keep warm.

more to a book thana title
Just a poorly written book with some good facts, but not put together well.It felt after a while that the author was just writing about how he was invloved and really liked it.I think some points should have been more stressed.The relationship between Kosovars and Albania Albanians on a lower level than politicians.The shock of Kosovars seeing the poverty in Albania and the anger towards them from their kin in that poor country.Writing about politicians and what they did is just documenting what was for public consumption.And to the reviewer before me.. if this was propganda, then it was very poor propaganda.A greater Albania or any Country in the Balkans can make sense on paper, but reality can be a bitch.So read it with a beer and a grain of salt.. step away and have another beer.Nothing special here.

"Devil wants to convince you that he doesn't exsits"
Albanian propaganda from Albanian...... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1944-1990    2. 1990-    3. 20th century    4. Albania    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Kosovo (Serbia)    10. Modern - 20th Century    11. European studies    12. Nationalism   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History   

Subjects:  1. Armed Forces and mass media    2. Civil War, 1998-1999    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. Education    5. Great Britain    6. History    7. History - General History    8. Humanitarian intervention    9. Kosovo (Serbia)    10. North Atlantic Treaty Organiza    11. Participation, Foreign    12. Peacekeeping forces    13. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    14. Testing & Measurement    15. Defence strategy, planning & research    16. NATO    17. Political Science / International Security    18. Southeast Europe    19. United Kingdom, Great Britain    20. War & defence operations    21. World history: postwar, from c 1945 -   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. Europe - General    3. History - General History    4. Political Ideologies - Nationalism    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations   

Subjects:  1. Cultural studies    2. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    3. Serbia   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - History    2. History    3. History: American    4. Kosovo, Battle of, Serbia and    5. Kosovo, Battle of, Serbia and Montenegro, 1389    6. Serbia    7. To 1456    8. Europe    9. European history: c 500 to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Constitutional history    3. History    4. Political Parties    5. Political Process - Political Parties    6. Politics - Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Serbia    9. Serbia and Montenegro    10. Eastern Europe    11. Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)   

Subjects:  1. History / Europe / General    2. Servia,Bosnia,travel,description,Hungary,Albania,Balkan Penincula,James,Creagh   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. History - General History    3. History: World    4. 20th century    5. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    6. European history: from c 1900 -    7. Serbia    8. c 1800 to c 1900   

Reviews (2)

Better for Mira than for Slobo.Not as biased as the media, but it's still there
I found the first few chapters of this book to be the most interesting.They were the only ones where you seem to dip into Slobo's personal life.Descriptions of his home life, his meeting with Mira [they met at 15 and stayed together until his death at 65] and his rise through to positions of power are all very interesting.It's odd how he seems to have been a fairly normal person in his pre-politician years.
A deep understanding of the past and future
The disintegration of Yugoslavia into a horrible series of wars and battles that pitted formerly peaceful neighbors against each other is a very important part of modern European history. It tested the relationship between America and Europe on all levels. And it was where the strengths and weaknesses of the NATO alliance have been most clearly illustrated.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Presidents & Heads of State    4. Biography: historical    5. European history: from c 1900 -    6. Serbia