Sean M. Maloney

Operation Kinetic (eBook, PDF)

Stabilizing Kosovo

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Produktbeschreibung

In the late 1990s, NATO led the Kosovo Force (KFOR), charged with stabilizing Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia after genocide and other atrocities were carried out in the Balkan region. Operation Kinetic is not only a history of the origins and operations of the Kosovo Force but also a history of the vital operations conducted by the Canadian Army units and their allies assigned to KFOR during the crucial early days and months after entry into the province in 1999 and through 2000. Operating alongside American, British, French, Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish forces, these surveillance and response units were instrumental in preventing violence in numerous areas before it could escalate and draw in the Serbian Army, which could have led to further genocide or war in the region. Sean M. Maloney, a Canadian military historian with extensive field experience in the Balkans, draws on numerous interviews and firsthand accounts of an operation that would later serve as a model in preparing for similar efforts in Afghanistan and provide a blueprint for stabilizing operations around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781640120471
• Artikelnr.: 53501416

Autorenporträt

Sean M. Maloney is a professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Canadian Army’s historian for the war in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014. He is the author of Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan (Potomac Books, 2005) and Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada’s Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War (Potomac Books, 2007). Sir Mike Jackson is a retired British Army officer and general. In 2003 he was appointed chief of the general staff of the British Army. He is the author of Soldier: The Autobiography. For more information about the author visit seanmmaloney.com.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
List of Figures    
Foreword, by Mike Jackson    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction    
List of Abbreviations    
Part 1. Background
Chapter 1. The Balkans: A Quick and Dirty Primer    
Chapter 2. Kosovo: Cradle of Conflict, 1389–1999    
Part 2. Crisis in Kosovo
Chapter 3. Clash of the Damned: U¿Ks and MUPs in the Land of Kos, 1998    
Chapter 4. In NATO’s Vanguard: KFOR and the Canadian Commitment    
Chapter 5. Into the Breach, Dear Friends: KFOR Enters Kosovo    
Part 3. Canada and KFOR Operations
Chapter 6. Warrior Politics: Multinational Brigade (Center) Operations    
Chapter 7. The Coyote Howls: Recce Squadron Operations    
Chapter 8. As the KRWAU Flies: Canadian Griffons over Kosovo    
Chapter 9. Finger on the Pulse: Battle Group Operations, Part I    
Chapter 10. Come On Feel the Noise: Battle Group Operations, Part II    
Chapter 11. Wait for the Wagon, Jimmy: Supporting Operation Kinetic    
Epilogue    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index