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Conflict in the Balkans 1991-2000.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ripley, Tim.
- Series:
- Combat Aircraft
- Combat Aircraft ; v.24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics, Military--Balkan Peninsula.
- Aeronautics, Military.
- Balkan Peninsula--History, Military--20th century.
- Balkan Peninsula.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia. From bombing by B-2 stealth bombers to air-to-air combat; from moving ground troops by helicopter to 'food-bombing' for refugees, air power has played a vital role in ''Europe's Vietnam'', and there is little sign that the fires of conflict are being extinguished. Debate amongst air power practitioners has yielded little agreement as to the degree of damage inflicted on the Yugoslav 3rd Army in Koso
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: The Fall of Yugoslavia 1991-95; Chapter One: 1991 Yugoslavia at War; Chapter Two: Bosnian War 1992-95; Chapter Three: The Relief of Sarajevo; Chapter Four: End Game; Part 2: Crisis Over Kosovo 1998-2000; Chapter Five: Civil War; Appendices; Orders of Battle; Colour Plates Commentaries; Imprint
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781472803832
- 1472803833
- OCLC:
- 881163477
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