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Description

1. xviii, 259 pages : maps; 23 cm

Summary

1. "This book asks how NATO came to launch its first war. It explains the international engagement with the Kosovo conflict from the dissolution of Yugoslavia to the end of Operation Allied Force in 1999. It begins by showing how diplomats and statesmen, led by British figures, deliberately excluded the Kosovo conflict from the search for peace. While Bosnia burned, those that argued that the same could happen in Kosovo were ignored. It goes on to show how the combination of New Labour in Britain and Madeleine Albright in the US led to the forging of a shaky alliance dedicated to the prevention of ethnic cleansing.
2. It charts diplomacy in the build-up to war, showing the pivotal role that Russia played, and exposes many of the myths that are now commonplace in public debates about the war."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Cormorant security studies series

Uniform title

1. Cormorant security studies

Subject

1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2. Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord > Yougoslavie
3. Since 1980
4. Geschichte 1990-1999
5. Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Diplomatic history
6. Diplomatic history
7. Ethnic relations
8. Politics and government
9. Auflösung
10. Internationale Politik
11. Konfliktregelung
12. Kosovo-Krieg
13. Diplomatieke betrekkingen
14. Interventie
15. Yugoslavia
16. Serbia
17. Ethnic minorities
18. Civil wars
19. Kosovo
20. Europe
21. Humanitarian intervention
22. Foreign policy
23. Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie (1991-1995) > Histoire diplomatique
24. Guerre du Kosovo (1998-1999) > Histoire diplomatique
25. Kosovo (Republic) > History > 1980-
26. Kosovo (Republic) > Ethnic relations
27. Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
28. Europe
29. Kosovo (Republic)
30. Serbia
31. Jugoslawien
32. Kosovo
33. Kosovo (Serbie) > Relations interethniques
34. Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1989- ..
35. Kosovo > 1980-1999

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 1. Kosovo and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia. Human rights and international society. The Nickles Amendment. The sanctions debate. The ECCY. The Badinter Arbitration Commission. The London conference. The CSCE Mission of Long Duration. The Christmas ultimatum -- 2. The Absence of Prevention. The end of the CSCE mission. Kosovo and the search for peace in Bosnia. Kosovo after Dayton -- 3. Towards Intervention. The Donji Prekaz massacre and the new Kosovo agenda. A new decisiveness. The Hill process. Observation and reporting: KDOM and the OSCE. Debating intervention -- 4. The Kosovo Verification Mission. The Milosevic-Holbrooke agreement. Unarmed intervention. Ceasefire and withdrawal. KVM practicalities. Political progress.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-241) and index.