Be not afraid, for you have sons in America
Subtitle: how a Brooklyn roofer helped lure the U.S. into the Kosovo war
By: Stacy Sullivan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Krasniqi, Florin.; Albanian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.; Albanian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government.; Albanian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.; United States -- Relations -- Serbia and Montenegro -- Kosovo (Serbia); Kosovo (Serbia) -- Relations -- United States.; Kosovo (Serbia) -- History -- Civil War, 1998-1999.; Kosovo (Serbia) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Florin Krasniqi immigrated to the United States from Kosovo in 1988 by sneaking across the Mexican border in the trunk of a white Cadillac. Once in America, he started his own business, fell in love, married, and bought a house. But he did not forget the country he left behind. In 1996, when one of his cousins helped start the Kosovo Liberation Army in the hope of securing Kosovo's independence, Florin chipped in to help." "Over the next two years, Florin helped direct a network of Albanian emigres across the U.S., raising millions of dollars for the rebel force. Soon he began visiting gun shows across America and running weapons and other supplies to the rebels. All the while he was also lobbying some of Washington's most powerful politicians. Eventually he helped recruit American volunteers, some of whom left schools and colleges in the New York area to fight for a homeland they hardly knew." "Be Not Afraid, For You Have Sons in America tells the remarkable story of how a small group of young men in Kosovo backed by a network of emigres in the United States started a guerrilla army that lured the world's most powerful military alliance into fighting their war and changed the course of history in the Balkans forever."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-322) and index.