{"product_id":"winning-ugly-natos-war-to-save-kosovo","title":"Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter eleven weeks of bombing in the spring of 1999  the United States and NATO ultimately won the war in Kosovo. Serbian troops were forced to withdraw  enabling an international military and political presence to take charge in the region. But was this war inevitable or was it the product of failed western diplomacy prior to the conflict? And once it became necessary to use force  did NATO adopt a sound strategy to achieve its aims of stabilizing Kosovo? In this first in-depth study of the Kosovo crisis  Ivo Daalder and Michael OHanlon answer these and other questions about the causes  conduct  and consequences of the war. Based on interviews with many of the key participants  they conclude that notwithstanding important diplomatic mistakes before the conflict  it would have been difficult to avoid the Kosovo war. That being the case  U.S. and NATO conduct of the war left much to be desired. For more than four weeks  the Serbs succeeded where NATO failed  forcefully changing Kosovos ethnic balance by forcing 1.5 million Albanians from their home and more than 800 000 from the country. Had they chosen to massacre more of their victims  NATO would have been powerless to stop them. In the end  NATO won the war by increasing the scope and intensity of bombing  making serious plans for a ground invasion  and moving diplomacy into full gear in order to convince Belgrade that this was a war Serbia would never win. The Kosovo crisis is a cautionary tale for those who believe force can be used easily and in limited increments to stop genocide  mass killing  and the forceful expulsion of entire populations. Daalder and OHanlon conclude that the crisis holds important diplomatic and military lessons that must be learned so that others in the future might avoid the mistakes that were made in this case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966826836021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0815716966","price":23.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780815716969.jpg?v=1770582185","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/winning-ugly-natos-war-to-save-kosovo","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}