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Summer 2009

"The Limits of Coercive Airpower: NATO'S 'Victory' in Kosovo Revisited"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 34

By Daniel R. Lake

Despite NATO's overwhelming strategic superiority, Milošević was able to reject his adversary's terms of surrender until his political position became untenable. This suggests that airpower may have greater limitations as a tool of statecraft than its supporters maintain.

 

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