Download or read book Contested Statehood written by Marc Weller and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first critical analysis of the international attempts to settle the Kosovo crisis, written from first hand insights of the settlement attempts. It covers several strands of analysis, including the tension between state sovereignty and humanitarian concerns, and the role of the threat or use of force in coercive international diplomacy.