Anthony H. Cordesman

The Lessons and Non-Lessons of the Air and Missile Campaign in Kosovo (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The conclusion of a war typically signals the beginning of a flood of memoirs and instant campaign histories, many presenting the purported, but often dubious lessons of the recent conflict. Cordesman is careful to avoid such pitfalls in this detailed and closely reasoned analysis, and helps us to begin to understand the implications of this dramatic conflict on its own terms. Based on a combination of official and unofficial (but always authoritative) sources, he builds a thorough case for the true lessons of NATO's first battle fought within Europe. After consideration of the historical, major political, and strategic factors that set the stage for the Kosovo campaign, Cordesman critically examines the actual effectiveness of the NATO air campaigns, both in Kosovo and Serbia proper. Operations in this rugged part of Europe were difficult, and compounding the challenges of terrain and weather were the conflicting national agendas within the Allied coalition that seriously hampered focused and decisive action by NATO. Although Milosevic ultimately conceded defeat, all of these factors played an important role in limiting the intensity and shaping the military outcome of the campaign, and the likely political and strategic results were far from certain. Cordesman unflinchingly concludes, that the air campaign over Kosovo exposed deep fault lines within and among the NATO countries and fundamental flaws in the way the West wages war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313073922
• Artikelnr.: 68529245

Autorenporträt

Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, USA. He formerly served as national security assistant to Senator John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as director of intelligence assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as civilian assistant to the deputy secretary of defense.

ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military analyst for ABC News. A frequent commentator on National Public Radio, he is the author of numerous books on security issues and has served in a number of senior positions in the US government.

ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military analyst for ABC News. A frequent commentator on National Public Radio, he is the author of numerous books on security issues and has served in a number of senior positions in the US government.

Inhaltsangabe

The Lessons and Non-Lessons of the NATO Air and Missile Campaign in Kosovo
The Historical Background: The Course and Character of the NATO Campaign
The Grand Strategic Aspects of Kosovo: The "Whys" and "Hows" of the War and
the Implications for Strategy and Force Planning The Strategic Impact and
Military Effectiveness of the Air and Missile Campaign The Problems of
"Perfect" and "Bloodless" War NATO Reporting on the Effectiveness of the
Air and Missile Campaign Strategic Bombing The Air and Missile War and
Serbian Air and Land Force Targets The "Ground Option": The Possible Impact
of NATO Planning for an Invasion The "Ground Option": The Role of the KLA
Detailed Lessons and Issues of the Air and Missile Campaign Beyond Air and
Missile Power: The Ground Phase of Kosovo, Nation-Building, and Continuing
Instability in the Balkans