James Pettifer is author of The Blue Guide to Albania and Kosovo and, also with Miranda Vickers, Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. Miranda Vickers is the author of "Between Serb and Albanian - a History of Kosovo and The Albanians - a Modern History".

This pioneering book, by two foremost experts on Albanian affairs������is a brilliant account of key events in recent Balkan history. John Phillips, The Tablet. They are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years. Tom Winnifrith, Times Literary Supplement Pettifer and Vickers provide a first-class analysis of the always intricate, and at times convoluted, relationships between Albania's political elites and the ethnic Albanian communities of neighboring countries. Gabriel Partos, Transitions Online. A well-written and readable account of the Albanian question, that is, of Albania itself and its relations with its immediate neighbours during a very tense and dangerous period. It is to be recommended to all students of the Balkans, of international relations and of conflict analysis. John Loughlin, International Affairs.

• Map of Albania, Kosova and region Introduction Chronology of Recent EventsPART ONE 1997- THE CRISIS OF POST-COMMUNIST ALBANIA1The Pyramid Banks and the crisis of the Democratic Party government2The March Uprising3Political Crisis and Government TransitionPART TWO THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER1The Crisis in Northern Albania2‘Operation Alba’ - A Coalition of the WillingMap of military situation in southern Albania March 19973The revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge PART THREE THE KOSOVA DIMENSION OF THE NATIONAL QUESTION1Tirana, the crisis in Kosova and the origins of the Kosova Liberation Army2The War and the ‘First Offensive’Map of the military situation in Kosova June 19983Tirana and the International CrisisPART FOUR THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN ALBANIA1The Northern Crisis- Preparing for a Coup d’etat2The Assassination of Azem Hajdari and the ‘Coup’PART FIVE ALBANIA AND THE DEEPENING KOSOVA CRISIS1The Spread of the Kosova warMap of refugee crisis in 19982Tirana and the January Crisis3Rambouillet and NATO commitment4The Kosova Refugee Crisis and the RegionPART SIX THE NEW ALBANIAN SPACE AND THE FUTURE1Tirana and the new Kosova2The Preshevo Conflict and the Macedonian Conflict of 20013 Panalbanianism- Tirana and the wider Albanian WorldGlossary of Names and AcronymsIndex

James Pettifer is author of The Blue Guide to Albania and Kosovo and, also with Miranda Vickers, Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. Miranda Vickers is the author of "Between Serb and Albanian - a History of Kosovo and The Albanians - a Modern History".

This pioneering book, by two foremost experts on Albanian affairs������is a brilliant account of key events in recent Balkan history. John Phillips, The Tablet. They are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years. Tom Winnifrith, Times Literary Supplement Pettifer and Vickers provide a first-class analysis of the always intricate, and at times convoluted, relationships between Albania's political elites and the ethnic Albanian communities of neighboring countries. Gabriel Partos, Transitions Online. A well-written and readable account of the Albanian question, that is, of Albania itself and its relations with its immediate neighbours during a very tense and dangerous period. It is to be recommended to all students of the Balkans, of international relations and of conflict analysis. John Loughlin, International Affairs.

• Map of Albania, Kosova and region Introduction Chronology of Recent EventsPART ONE 1997- THE CRISIS OF POST-COMMUNIST ALBANIA1The Pyramid Banks and the crisis of the Democratic Party government2The March Uprising3Political Crisis and Government TransitionPART TWO THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER1The Crisis in Northern Albania2‘Operation Alba’ - A Coalition of the WillingMap of military situation in southern Albania March 19973The revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge PART THREE THE KOSOVA DIMENSION OF THE NATIONAL QUESTION1Tirana, the crisis in Kosova and the origins of the Kosova Liberation Army2The War and the ‘First Offensive’Map of the military situation in Kosova June 19983Tirana and the International CrisisPART FOUR THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN ALBANIA1The Northern Crisis- Preparing for a Coup d’etat2The Assassination of Azem Hajdari and the ‘Coup’PART FIVE ALBANIA AND THE DEEPENING KOSOVA CRISIS1The Spread of the Kosova warMap of refugee crisis in 19982Tirana and the January Crisis3Rambouillet and NATO commitment4The Kosova Refugee Crisis and the RegionPART SIX THE NEW ALBANIAN SPACE AND THE FUTURE1Tirana and the new Kosova2The Preshevo Conflict and the Macedonian Conflict of 20013 Panalbanianism- Tirana and the wider Albanian WorldGlossary of Names and AcronymsIndex

James Pettifer is author of The Blue Guide to Albania and Kosovo and, also with Miranda Vickers, Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. Miranda Vickers is the author of "Between Serb and Albanian - a History of Kosovo and The Albanians - a Modern History".

This pioneering book, by two foremost experts on Albanian affairs������is a brilliant account of key events in recent Balkan history. John Phillips, The Tablet. They are to be congratulated on the objective way in which they have presented the Albanian history of the last ten years. Tom Winnifrith, Times Literary Supplement Pettifer and Vickers provide a first-class analysis of the always intricate, and at times convoluted, relationships between Albania's political elites and the ethnic Albanian communities of neighboring countries. Gabriel Partos, Transitions Online. A well-written and readable account of the Albanian question, that is, of Albania itself and its relations with its immediate neighbours during a very tense and dangerous period. It is to be recommended to all students of the Balkans, of international relations and of conflict analysis. John Loughlin, International Affairs.

• Map of Albania, Kosova and region Introduction Chronology of Recent EventsPART ONE 1997- THE CRISIS OF POST-COMMUNIST ALBANIA1The Pyramid Banks and the crisis of the Democratic Party government2The March Uprising3Political Crisis and Government TransitionPART TWO THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER1The Crisis in Northern Albania2‘Operation Alba’ - A Coalition of the WillingMap of military situation in southern Albania March 19973The revival of Socialist Power and the Royalist Challenge PART THREE THE KOSOVA DIMENSION OF THE NATIONAL QUESTION1Tirana, the crisis in Kosova and the origins of the Kosova Liberation Army2The War and the ‘First Offensive’Map of the military situation in Kosova June 19983Tirana and the International CrisisPART FOUR THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN ALBANIA1The Northern Crisis- Preparing for a Coup d’etat2The Assassination of Azem Hajdari and the ‘Coup’PART FIVE ALBANIA AND THE DEEPENING KOSOVA CRISIS1The Spread of the Kosova warMap of refugee crisis in 19982Tirana and the January Crisis3Rambouillet and NATO commitment4The Kosova Refugee Crisis and the RegionPART SIX THE NEW ALBANIAN SPACE AND THE FUTURE1Tirana and the new Kosova2The Preshevo Conflict and the Macedonian Conflict of 20013 Panalbanianism- Tirana and the wider Albanian WorldGlossary of Names and AcronymsIndex