Kosovo: The Splintering of Yugoslavia

By Tricia Andryszewski

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761317503
• ISBN13: 9780761317500
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Millbrook Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Concise and informative

This fascinating book is a short, but nonetheless thorough look at the turmoil that wracked Kosovo during the 1990s. Beginning, as it must, with a quick look at the historical processes that formed the area, the book then launches into a look at the Milosevic era, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the war within Kosovo. Along the way, the reader is treated to many colorful pictures, and highly informative sidebars. Now,...

Great Explanation of Situation

This is, simply, a great book. And simple is the best word for it. The book doesn't skimp on facts and gives the best and most accurate overview of the history of the war in Kosovo that I have read. This book is relatively short; if you need a lot of detail I recommend "A Short History of Kosovo" by Noel Malcolm. But Malcolm's book, despite it's title, is very long and detailed. If you just want an easily read book with...

Accurate Overview of Situation

I have lived in Kosovo for the past 2.5 years, and during this time I have done a great deal of research on the history of Kosovo, the conflicts between the Serbs and the Albanians, what led to this war, the affects of it on people from both sides, etc. I have lived and worked among the Albanians, helping them rebuild completely destroyed homes and lives, but I have also been to many intact Serbian monasteries in Kosovo,...