Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999

by Stephen Badsey (Editor), Paul Latawski (Editor)

Overview

This publication considers the lessons to be gained for Britain, the British armed forces, and for NATO as a whole, from the Yugoslav wars of dissolution (1991-1999), with particular emphasis on the Kosovo crisis. The papers come from a diverse and high quality mixture of analysts, practitioners and policy-makers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135764067
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/2004
Series:	The Sandhurst Conference Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	511 KB

About the Author

Stephen Badsey and Paul Latawski

Table of Contents

Contributors, Series Editor’s Preface, Editors’ Preface, List of Abbreviations, Introduction: Experience of Kosovo, Part 1 - The Image of the Past1. Yugoslav Quagmires: The Image of the Past and the Fear of Intervention, 2. The Wehrmacht’s Yugoslav Quagmire: Myth or Reality?, Part 2 - The Military Legacy of the Balkans, 3. Doctrinal Change: The Experience of Bosnia and Kosovo, 4. Kosovo: The Air Campaign, Part 3 - The Media and the Kosovo Conflict, 5. Media Operations: 67 Lessons from Kosovo, 6. Media Interaction in the Kosovo Conflict, 7. Modern Conflicts, the Media and Public Opinion: The Kosovo Example, Part 4 - Contested International Responses 8. NATO’s Military Action Over Kosovo: The Conceptual Landscape After the Battle, 9. Russian Policy during the Kosovo Conflict, 10. Kosovo, NATO and the United Nations, Part 5 - Conflict Termination and Peace-building, 11. From Antipathy to Hegemony: The Impact on Civil–Military Cooperation, 12. The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Conflict Management, Part 6 - Balkan Futures, 13. Some Reverberations from the Kosovo Conflict, 14. Managing and Removing the Conditions for Armed Conflict, Conclusion, Index

Editorial Reviews

'This book is a broad discussion of how future military action, peacekeeping and civil-military relations should be handled. James Gow stresses for instance, that a time frame for the 'Wests' involvement be 'as long as it takes.' - Peace Research

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