HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ---------------------------NATO'S Air War For Kosovo:
A Strategic and Operational Assessment
Benjamin S. Lambeth
ISBN: 0-8330-3050-7
MR-1365-AF, © 2001
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Contents
Map of
Kosovo
Preface
Figures
Summary
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Chapter Two: Prelude to Combat
Chapter Three: The Air War Unfolds
Initial Attacks and Their EffectsPhoto Insert
The Air War Bogs Down
NATO Finally Escalates
Facing the Need for a Ground Option
Countdown to Capitulation
The Endgame
Chapter Four: Why Milosevic Gave Up When He Did
Considerations in Addition to the BombingChapter Five: Accomplishments of the Air War
The Prospect of a Ground Invasion
Milosevic's Probable Decision Calculus
The Determining Role of the Air War
The Combat Debut of the B-2Chapter Six: Friction and Operational Problems
UAV Employment
The Contributions of Space
Frustrations with the SEAD EffortChapter Seven: Lapses In Strategy and Implementation
The F-117 Shootdown
Problems with Flexible Targeting
Stray Weapons and the Loss of Innocents
The Chinese Embassy Bombing
Task Force Hawk
Shortcomings in Intelligence Cycle Time
Airspace and Traffic Flow Management
Deficiencies with Respect to Space
Interoperability Problems
The Wages of U.S. Overcommitment
Allied Miscalculations and False HopesChapter Eight: NATO'S Air War In Perspective
Problems at the Coalition Level
Problems at the U.S. Level
The Desultory Onset of the Air War
The Failure to Employ a Coherent Plan
The Downside of Alliance Warfare
Command and Control Shortcomings
The Achievements of Allied ForceBibliography
The Air War's Failings
Gradualism and Its Implications
The Cost of the Missing Ground Threat
Toward a "Report Card" for Allied Force
On the Uses and Abuses of Air Power
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