War Over Kosovo - Politics and Strategy in a Global Age

More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a new American "way of war." In so doing, Kosovo also brought into sharp focus the military, political, and moral dilemmas confronting a liberal democracy intent on wielding preeminent power on a global scale.
What are the moral implications posed by waging high-tech warfare for humanitarian purposes? Does the precedent set by intervention of this type point toward peace and stability or toward more war? How well suited are the United States military and American society as a whole to the security challenges of the age of globalization?
According to Bacevich and Cohen, gauging the "success" achieved in Kosovo yields important answers to these and related questions. The volume includes a well-crafted historical overview of the war and six essays that place it in a broader context. The contributors explore the conflict's relationship to U.S. grand strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics.
Contributors: William A. Arkin, Andrew J. Bacevich, Eliot A. Cohen, Alberto R. Coll, James Kurth, Anatol Lieven, Michael Vickers

List of contents

Introduction, by Andrew J. Bacevich and Eliot A. Cohen
Operation Allied Force: "The Most Precise Application of Air Power in History", by William M. Arkin
Kosovo and the New American Way of War, by Eliot A. Cohen
First War of the Global Era: Kosovo and U.S. Grand Strategy, by James Kurth
Hubris and Nemesis: Kosovo and the Pattern of Western Military Ascendancy and Defeat, by Anatol Lieven
Kosovo and the Moral Burdens of Power, by Alberto R. Coll
Neglected Trinity: Kosovo and the Crisis in U.S. Civil-Military Relations, by Andrew J. Bacevich
Kosovo and the Revolution in Military Affairs, by Michael G. Vickers
A Note on Contributors

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Edited by Andrew J. Bacevich and Eliot A. Cohen

Summary

More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a American "way of war." This volume includes an overview of the war. It explores the conflict's relationship to US strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics.

Product details

• Authors: A. J. Cohen Bacevich, Andrew Bacevich, Andrew J. Bacevich, Andrew J. Cohen Bacevich
• Assisted by: Andrew Bacevich (Editor), Andrew J. Bacevich (Editor), Bacevich Andrew J. (Editor), Eliot Cohen (Editor), Eliot A. Cohen (Editor), Cohen Eliot A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2002
• EAN: 9780231124829
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12482-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), European History, Serbia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, War and defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, military history; international relations