Ebook: Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans

Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 - and the overt manipulation of this precedent by Russia in its war with Georgia and South Ossetia shortly afterwards - has focused the world's attention once again on the Balkans. But Albania's role within the region remains little known and less understood. In this revised edition of a major work of contemporary history, two well-known and internationally-respected authorities elucidate Albania's place in the Balkans, from the explosion of violence in the 1990s to the present day. _x000D_ The future of the Albanians in the Balkans is the most pres.;List of Illustrations and Maps; List of Abbreviations; Chronology of Events; Language and Technology; Map of Albania, Kosova and Region; Preface; Part I: 1997 -- The Crisis of Post-Communist Albania ; 1. The Pyramid Banking Crisis and the Democratic Party Government; 2. The March Uprising; 3. Political Crisis and Government Transition; Part II: The Struggle for Power; 4. The Crisis in Northern Albania; 5. Operation Alba; 6. The Revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge; Part III: The Kosova Dimension of the National Question.