Review
Weller's volume benefits very much from its author's close and long-term involvement on the Kosovo Albanian side in several sets of negotiations on Kosovo Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, International Affairs 86:4 It is difficult to do justice to such a multi-layered work, packed with historical information and interpretation, in a short review. Suffice to say that it is a timely contribution to the revitalised subject of statehood, to which Kosovo will prove to be of seminal importance. The detailed analysis of the diplomatic tools and modes applied over a period of two decades and the succinct interpretation of seemingly contradictory international law principles ensure that the book will be of importance to international lawyers, diplomats and academics. Andre Stemmet, Senior State Law Advisor, South African Dept. of International Relations and Co-operation, Netherlands International Law Review,3 The book is extremely well structured and engagingly written, and Weller deftly manages a vast amount of material in relation to an extremely contested chapter of modern history. Therese O'Donnell, University of Strathclyde
Review
Weller's volume benefits very much from its author's close and long-term involvement on the Kosovo Albanian side in several sets of negotiations on Kosovo (
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, International Affairs 86:4 )
It is difficult to do justice to such a multi-layered work, packed with historical information and interpretation, in a short review. Suffice to say that it is a timely contribution to the revitalised subject of statehood, to which Kosovo will prove to be of seminal importance. The detailed analysis of the diplomatic tools and modes applied over a period of two decades and the succinct interpretation of seemingly contradictory international law principles ensure that the book will be of importance to international lawyers, diplomats and academics. (
Andre Stemmet, Senior State Law Advisor, South African Dept. of International Relations and Co-operation, Netherlands International Law Review,3 )
The book is extremely well structured and engagingly written, and Weller deftly manages a vast amount of material in relation to an extremely contested chapter of modern history. (
Thérèse O'Donnell, University of Strathclyde )