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

Author/creator Henriksen, Dag
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiv, 263 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces. --Serbia and Montenegro. --Kosovo (Republic).
Operation Allied Force, 1999.
Intervention (International law)
Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Aerial operations.
Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Participation, American.
United States--Armed Forces. --Serbia and Montenegro. --Kosovo (Republic).
United States--History, Military. --20th century.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-253) and index.
LCCN 2007018427
ISBN9781591143550 (alk. paper)
ISBN1591143551 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781591143581 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1591143586 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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