Kosovo: Background to A War is a unique contribution to the continuing debate surrounding one of the most important international conflicts of recent years. It provides a profound yet highly readable overview of the cultural, political and religious controversy between Albanians and Serbs. Drawing on sources previously ignored by non-Balkan authors, it presents incisive analysis of the collapse of Yugoslavia, of Western inaction in the face of the long-festering Kosovo crisis, and of the weakness of international policies following NATO’s armed intervention.