UID:
edocfu_9959243981602883
Format:
1 online resource (112 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-05128-7
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1-138-46672-7
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1-136-05120-1
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1-315-00066-0
Series Statement:
Adelphi Paper, 347
Content:
Examines NATO's Balkan interventions over the entire decade starting with the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. Focusing on the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, it traces the record of early transatlantic failures and later successes as once bitterly divided allies were able, finally, to unite around some basic principles. By the time of the Kosovo intervention in spring 1999, the allies agreed on the necessity of taking sides and using military force in conflicts that were complicated, but far from morally opaque. The book concludes with some lessons around which the transatlantic allies might reason
Note:
First published 2002 by Oxford University Press.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Bosnia and the Transatlantic Problem; The consequences of disunity; A common confusion; America's case against Europe; Europe's case against America; Lessons learned?; Chapter 2 Dayton and the American Problem; Uncertainties of US engagement; Peace enforcement, 1995-2001; Chapter 3 Kosovo and the Struggle for Unity; Taking sides; Force and diplomacy; The problem of legitimacy; War by committee; NATO transformed?; Chapter 4 The Western Alliance and its Balkan Protectorates; Continuing conflicts
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Post-war administrations Long-term strategies; Conclusion; Hard choices: Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia; Interpreting NATO's Balkan interventions; Notes
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-10916-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-851676-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315000664
