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Kosovo - How Myths and Truths Started a War (Paperback)
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Kosovo - How Myths and Truths Started a War (Paperback)
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Julie Mertus provides one of the first comprehensive looks at the
explosive situation in Kosovo, where years of simmering tensions
between Serbs and Albanians erupted in armed conflict in 1998. In a
profound and detailed study of national identity and ethnic
conflict, Mertus demonstrates how myths and truths can start a war.
She shows how our identity as individuals and as members of groups
is defined through the telling and remembering of stories. Real or
imagined, these stories shape our understanding of ourselves as
heroes, martyrs, conquerors, or victims. Once we see ourselves as
victims, Mertus claims, we feel morally justified to become
perpetrators.
Based on a series of interviews conducted in Kosovo, Serbia proper,
and Macedonia, this book is one of the first extended treatments of
the years leading to war in Kosovo. Mertus examines the formation
of Serbian national identity, and closely scrutinizes the
hostilities of the region. She shows how myth and experience inform
the political ideologies of Kosovo, and explores how these
competing beliefs are created and perpetuated. This sobering
overview of the region provides a window into a complex struggle
whose repercussions reach far into the international community.
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