This successor volume to the author's "Serbia under Milosevic" sets the Kosovo question within the framework of Serbian politics in the 1990s. It examines how the international community was drawn deeper into the conflict, and discusses the course of the war and its impact on life in Serbia.

He evaluates the nature and quality of democratic change following the revolution of 5 October 2000, and discusses events in Kosovo during its period under international rule. He concludes with an analysis of the wider consequences of the Kosovo war, especially its effects on political life in Bosnia, Montenegro, and Macedonia.