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

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

Author/creator	Henriksen, Dag
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2007.
Description	xiv, 263 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-253) and index.
LCCN	2007018427
ISBN	9781591143550 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1591143551 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9781591143581 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	1591143586 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DR 2087.5 .H46 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold