The Kosova Liberation Army Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948-2001

'Kosovo was the last conflict in the tragic and complex break-up of Yugoslavia at the end of the Cold War. Given Milosovic's inflammation of ethnic tensions in Kosovo, the rise of the KLA in the late 1990s was inevitable. Fearful of further ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the West used force to coerce Milosovic to concede. The 1999 NATO operation was, in effect, in alliance with the KLA. This fascinating book is a detailed study of the role of the KLA in these extraordinary events.' - General Sir Michael Jackson, former Chief of the General Staff, British Army, and commander of KFOR 'James Pettifer is the doyen of British commentators on Albania and Albanians... The importance of this book goes well beyond the story of Balkan rebellion. Its importance lies rather more generally. For this is the first full recent study of a successful 'insurgency' largely from the perspective of the insurgents themselves. - This excellent book contains and affirms many lessons which remain not only unlearned but largely unidentified in more recent and distant campaigns.' - Frank Ledwidge, RUSI Journal 'Well-researched and well-written and therefore comprises a significant contribution to the field [...] should appeal not only to students of Kosovo's recent history and its contemporary politics, but also to those wishing to understand the effect that the war has had on the psyche of Kosovo's people, and the high regard with which former KLA commanders are still held.' - Anita McKinna, Balkanalysis.com