Conflict in the Balkans 1991–2000

Conflict in the Balkans 1991–2000 cover

Description

Osprey's examination of aircraft action in the Balkan region during the Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001) as well as during the conflicts that followed up until 2001. 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.

Table of 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

Product details

Published Aug 03 2010
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841762906
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 26 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 24
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Tim Ripley

Balkan expert Tim Ripley has been fascinated by th…

Illustrator

Mark Rolfe

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