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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787090403321

Autore

Allin Dana H. <1958-, >

Titolo

NATO's Balkan interventions / / Dana H. Allin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-05128-7

1-138-46672-7

1-136-05120-1

1-315-00066-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Adelphi Paper, , 0567-932X ; ; 347

Disciplina

949.703

Soggetti

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Participation, Foreign

Kosovo War, 1998-1999

Balkan Peninsula History 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Oxford University Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Post-war administrations Long-term strategies; Conclusion;  Hard choices: Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia;  Interpreting NATO's Balkan interventions; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

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