NATO's gamble : combining diplomacy and airpower in the Kosovo crisis, 1998-1999 / Dag Henriksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henriksen, Dag.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operation Allied Force, 1999.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Aerial operations.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Participation, American.

United States--Armed Forces--Serbia--Kosovo.

United States.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces--Serbia--Kosovo.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

xiv, 263 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2007]

Contents:

Operation Allied Force: how NATO stumbled into war

The first week of OAF

Prelude to war: setting the stage for Operation Allied Force

The airpower debate and OAF

From Vietnam to Kosovo: U.S. foreign policy and the use of force

Lessons from Bosnia

The international handling of the Kosovo crisis

The crisis emerges: NATO becomes responsible for crisis management

Shift in U.S. policy toward the KLA

and the summer offensive

NATO threatens air strikes: silence before the storm

Račak

and the Rambouillet Conference

NATO crisis management in perspective

Diplomacy and airpower.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-253) and index.

ISBN:

9781591143550

1591143551

9781591143581

1591143586

OCLC:

124031918