Title: Important book about important subject - and no shortcuts..
Product review: The history of Kosovo is very complex. Other writers on Kosovo are quite biased which often makes their work less valuable. Noel Malcolm, however, writes un-biased and entertaining about a difficult subject - his book can be read right through and is also working quite well as a manual about Kosovo. This was the book I took to bed in Pristina in the summer of -99- and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a simple (if not so short) history of Kosovo. However, if you are looking for an analysis of the strategic role of Kosovo in the Balkans on the border between East and West, you will have to go elsewhere. Malcolms task is the history of Kosovo itself - a task he solves to perfection.
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