Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Kosovo: How Myths And Truths Started A WarISBN13:9780520218659ISBN10:0520218655Author:Mertus, Julie A. (Author)Description:Julie Mertus Provides One Of The First Comprehensive Looks At The Explosive Situation In Kosovo, Where Years Of Simmering Tensions Between Serbs And Albanians Erupted In Armed Conflict In 1998 In A Profound And Detailed Study Of National Identity And Ethnic Conflict, Mertus Demonstrates How Myths And Truths Can Start A War She Shows How Our Identity As Individuals And As Members Of Groups Is Defined Through The Telling And Remembering Of Stories Real Or Imagined, These Stories Shape Our Understanding Of Ourselves As Heroes, Martyrs, Conquerors, Or Victims Once We See Ourselves As Victims, Mertus Claims, We Feel Morally Justified To Become Perpetrators Based On A Series Of Interviews Conducted In Kosovo, Serbia Proper, And Macedonia, This Book Is One Of The First Extended Treatments Of The Years Leading To War In Kosovo Mertus Examines The Formation Of Serbian National Identity, And Closely Scrutinizes The Hostilities Of The Region She Shows How Myth And Experience Inform The Political Ideologies Of Kosovo, And Explores How These Competing Beliefs Are Created And Perpetuated This Sobering Overview Of The Region Provides A Window Into A Complex Struggle Whose Repercussions Reach Far Into The International Community In One Of The First Comprehensive Looks At The Explosive Situation In Kosovo, A Law Professor Explores The Years Leading To The War, Demonstrating How Myths And Truths Can Start Ethnic Conflicts 18 Photos 2 Maps Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PRPublication Date:1999-08-09Weight:1.31 lbsDimensions:1.01'' H x 8.96'' L x 5.95'' WNumber of Pages:378Language:English
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Book Title: Kosovo : How Myths and Truths Started a War
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Julie A. Mertus
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Eastern, Military / General, Europe / General
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1999
Genre: History
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
