{"product_id":"between-serb-and-albanian-a-history-of-kosovo-9780231113830","title":"Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle notice has been paid to the growing ethnic and religious tensions within the Serbian province of Kosovo-tensions that now pose a serious threat to the security of the Balkans. Miranda Vickers explores the roots of this conflict  and tracks the recent trajectory of Serbian and Albanian relations in Kosovo. The first third of the book outlines the history of Kosovo during the medieval and Ottoman periods  when relations between the two communities were generally good. The second part of the book examines Kosovo since 1945  when the area fell under Serbian administration in the socialist Yugoslav system. Vickers concludes by surveying the steady deterioration in Serb-Albanian relations since the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1981. With careful detail  she reveals how a largely peaceful  politically driven campaign for the independence of Kosovo has recently turned to violence with terrorist attacks on Serb political and military institutions  on Albanians thought to be collaborating with the Serbs  and on Serbs themselves. In the process  the author provides a balanced account of the Serb and Albanian positions  while placing much of the blame for the current situation on the repressive policies of Serb dictator Slobodan Milosevic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648126410805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231113838","price":136.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231113830.jpg?v=1781710208","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/between-serb-and-albanian-a-history-of-kosovo-9780231113830","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}