Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Strange Little War ix
5. Contributors xv
6. 1. Operation Allied Force: “The Most Precise Application of Air Power in History” 1
7. 2. Kosovo and the New American Way of War 38
8. 3. First War of the Global Era: Kosovo and U.S. Grand Strategy 63
9. 4. Hubris and Nemesis: Kosovo and the Pattern of Western Military Ascendancy and Defeat 97
10. 5. Kosovo and the Moral Burdens of Power 124
11. 6. Neglected Trinity: Kosovo and the Crisis in U.S. Civil-Military Relations 155
12. 7. Revolution Deferred: Kosovo and the Transformation of War 189
13. Index 211