Conflict in the Balkans 1991–2000 (COM-24)

Conflict in the Balkans 19912000 (COM-24)

Osprey Combat Aircraft Series no 24 - Author Tim Ripley - Illustrator Mark Rolfe - Soft Cover - 96 pages

Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this book details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia. From bombing by B-2 stealth bombers to air-to-air combat; from moving ground troops by helicopter to 'food-bombing' for refugees, air power has played a vital role in 'Europe's Vietnam', and there is little sign that the fires of conflict are being extinguished. Debate amongst air power practitioners has yielded little agreement as to the degree of damage inflicted on the Yugoslav 3rd Army in Kosovo, the Balkans continue to be a region of conflict and ethnic hatred. Contents 1991 Yugoslavia at War Slovenia Croatia 1992 Bosnian War Western Intervention 1993 Srebrenica 1994 Shoot Down Gorazde Udbina 1995 Hostage Crisis Enter Holbrooke Sarajevo 1996 Operation Deliberate Force 1997 Albania Rescue 1998 Crisis over Kosovo Helping the Refugees Enter the Apaches Target Belgrade Harriers at War Rescue Mission Into Kosovo Allied Operations Paperback; March 2001; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781841762906