THE WARS OF WISHFUL THINKING.(NATO's Balkan campaigns)

From: New Zealand International Review | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: Moorcraft, Paul | Copyright information

Some tentative conclusions concerning NATO's two campaigns against the Serbs in the Balkans are discussed. Topics include radical humanitarianism, insufficient support, NATO credibility, backing down, unorthodox strategies of the Serbs, passive defense, Milosevic's main target, the status of the current compromise, a potential battleground, NATO's role as a defensive alliance, and an opportunity to remake NATO.

Paul Moorcraft provides an interim report on NATO's Balkan campaigns. ...

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