Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-253) and index.
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 -- Racak--and the Rambouillet Conference -- NATO crisis management in perspective -- Diplomacy and airpower.