LEADER 03127nam 2200577 450 001 9910465037203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61251-555-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000077631 035 $a(EBL)1507328 035 $a(OCoLC)862049850 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1507328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1507328 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10820241 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL685707 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000077631 100 $a20070502d2007 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNATO's gamble $ecombining diplomacy and airpower in the Kosovo crisis, 1998-1999 /$fDag Henriksen 205 $aFirst Naval Institute Press paperback edition. 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59114-358-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [201]-253) and index. 327 $aOperation 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 -- Rac?ak--and the Rambouillet Conference -- NATO crisis management in perspective -- Diplomacy and airpower. 330 $aIn this revealing work, Dag Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATO's strategic and conceptual thinking on how the use of force was to succeed politically in altering the behavior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). The air campaign, known as Operation Allied Force, was the first war against any sovereign nation in the history of NATO and the first major combat operation conducted for humanitarian purposes against a state committing atrocities within its own borders. This book examines the key political, diplomatic, and military processes that shaped NATO and U.S. man 606 $aOperation Allied Force, 1999 606 $aKosovo War, 1998-1999$xAerial operations 606 $aKosovo War, 1998-1999$xParticipation, American 606 $aIntervention (International law) 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$zKosovo (Republic) 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOperation Allied Force, 1999. 615 0$aKosovo War, 1998-1999$xAerial operations. 615 0$aKosovo War, 1998-1999$xParticipation, American. 615 0$aIntervention (International law) 676 $a949.7103 700 $aHenriksen$b Dag$0958055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465037203321 996 $aNATO's gamble$92170406 997 $aUNINA