italy rome what the fuck has this got to do with anything we are talking about you serbo nationalists wanna go on your italy page and discuss that evlekis are you able to read look at the following an excellent scholarly contribution to the study of the province seriously differs from the biased interpretations published by serbian and albanian historians or trendy but shallow western kosovology experts canadian slavonic papers a thrilling detective story new york times book review excellent new york review of books a book every policy expert journalist and lay person must read wall street journal malcolm's narrative is gripping even brilliant at times he takes to his task with the vigor of a detective driven by true passion at times his claims are in terms of balkan history quite revolutionary economist cover s the whole history of kosovo with an authority that is often breathtaking and never oppressive sunday times brilliantly researched and argued a magisterial work of history kosovo will inevitably be received immediately as an immensely valuable contribution to our understanding and knowledge of a contemporary crisis but to see the book as merely a contribution to the present day debate is to do it a disservice this is a profound and pioneering work which will endure for generations times literary supplement in this awe inspiring work malcolm has created a vital successor to his bosnia a short history and an essential aid to anyone who wishes to understand this tragic region today his book is exceptional not only for his unimpeachable rearch but also for his equitable examination of the conflicting ethnic views of what really happened one can't help speculating on how a clear understanding of the information contained here might have affected the dayton accord and history publisher's weekly by far the best available guide to the fatal steps to catastrophe the new york review of books elaborately researched book world there you have it noel malcolm is revered and aknowledged as a neutral and impartial historian but just because he isn't on of your serbo bloggers you come up with all this shit about his works when he says conquered that is exactly what the term means your map is shit because serbs only made up of that land whether it was a bigger or smaller kosova than today and i call it kosova because kosova is it's name it's serbo nationalists like you dab and balkanfever who keep it in it's milosevic devized name and you keep going on about the treaty in london well what happened certainly nothing to do with kosova joining serbia because i said before and i'll say again if it did malcolm would have said it if he gets things wrong why is he so well respected by all those reporters in the newspapers listed by interestedinfairness answer that one dab don't confuse the issue it doesn't matter if kosova was once it italy i tell you that it has never been in serbia it only had the bad luck to be in the same genocide state as serbia when a part of yugoslavia the end