Format:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781591143581
Content:
In this revealing work, Dag Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATO's strategic and conceptual thinking on how the use of force was to succeed politically in altering the behavior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). The air campaign, known as Operation Allied Force, was the first war against any sovereign nation in the history of NATO and the first major combat operation conducted for humanitarian purposes against a state committing atrocities within its own borders. This book examines the key political, diplomatic, and military processes that shaped NATO and U.S. manageme
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; PART I: Operation Allied Force: How NATO Stumbled Into War; 1. The First Week of OAF; PART II: Prelude to War: Setting the Stage for Operation Allied Force; 2. The Airpower Debate and OAF; 3. From Vietnam to Kosovo: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Life of Force; 4. Lessons from Bosnia; PART III: The International Handling of the Kosovo Crisis; 5. The Crisis Emerges; 6. Shift in U.S. Policy Toward the KLA- and the Summer Offensive; 7. NATO Threatens with Air Strikes; 8. Racak-and the Rambouillet Conference
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9. NATO Crisis Management in PerspectivePART IV: Epilogue: Diplomacy and Power; 10. Diplomacy and Airpower; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781612515557
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781591143581
Additional Edition:
Print version NATO's Gamble : Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999
Language:
English
Keywords:
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