Format:
xxxiv, 276 p
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ill., map
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0833030507
Series Statement:
Project Air Force series on Operation Allied Force
Content:
This text aims to offer a thorough appraisal of Operation Allied Force from a military, political and strategic perspective, calling attention to those issues that are likely to have the greatest bearing on future military policymaking
Note:
"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
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"Project AIR FORCE."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-276)
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Also available in electronic form via the RAND Corporation Web site
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""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""Chapter One INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter Two PRELUDE TO COMBAT""; ""Chapter Three THE AIR WAR UNFOLDS""; ""INITIAL ATTACKS AND THEIR EFFECTS""; ""THE AIR WAR BOGS DOWN""; ""NATO FINALLY ESCALATES""; ""FACING THE NEED FOR A GROUND OPTION""; ""COUNTDOWN TO CAPITULATION""; ""THE ENDGAME""; ""Chapter Four WHY MILOSEVIC GAVE UP WHEN HE DID""; ""CONSIDERATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE BOMBING""; ""THE PROSPECT OF A GROUND INVASION""; ""MILOSEVIC�S PROBABLE DECISION CALCULUS""; ""THE DETERMINING ROLE OF THE AIR WAR""
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""Chapter Five ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE AIR WAR""""THE COMBAT DEBUT OF THE B-2""; ""UAV EMPLOYMENT""; ""THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPACE""; ""Chapter Six FRICTION AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS""; ""FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE SEAD EFFORT""; ""THE F-117 SHOOTDOWN""; ""PROBLEMS WITH FLEXIBLE TARGETING""; ""STRAY WEAPONS AND THE LOSS OF INNOCENTS""; ""THE CHINESE EMBASSY BOMBING""; ""TASK FORCE HAWK""; ""SHORTCOMINGS IN INTELLIGENCE CYCLE TIME""; ""AIRSPACE AND TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT""; ""DEFICIENCIES WITH RESPECT TO SPACE""; ""INTEROPERABILITY PROBLEMS""; ""THE WAGES OF U.S. OVERCOMMITMENT""
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""Chapter Seven LAPSES IN STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION""""ALLIED MISCALCULATIONS AND FALSE HOPES""; ""PROBLEMS AT THE COALITION LEVEL""; ""PROBLEMS AT THE U.S. LEVEL""; ""THE DESULTORY ONSET OF THE AIR WAR""; ""THE FAILURE TO EMPLOY A COHERENT PLAN""; ""THE DOWNSIDE OF ALLIANCE WARFARE""; ""COMMAND AND CONTROL SHORTCOMINGS""; ""Chapter Eight NATO�S AIR WAR IN PERSPECTIVE""; ""THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALLIED FORCE""; ""THE AIR WAR�S FAILINGS""; ""GRADUALISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS""; ""THE COST OF THE MISSING GROUND THREAT""; ""TOWARD A “REPORT CARD� FOR ALLIED FORCE""
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""ON THE USES AND ABUSES OF AIR POWER""""BIBLIOGRAPHY""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833030504
Additional Edition:
Print version NATO's Air War for Kosovo : A Strategic and Operational Assessment
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1365
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