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Conflict in the Balkans (Osprey Combat Aircraft)

Conflict in the Balkans (Osprey Combat Aircraft)
By Tim Ripley

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Exposing the true scale and significance of the deployment of air power in the Balkans, this title details the activities of NATO and UN aircraft as well as local pilots in the former Yugoslavia, from bombing by B-2 stealth bomber to air-to-air combat and moving ground troops by helicopter. Air power has played a vital role in "Europe's Vietnam". This title looks behind the propoganda and media "spin" to the day-to-day realities facing liberal democracies who interfere in civil wars.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #589789 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-04-04
  • Format: Illustrated
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 96 pages

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About the Author
Marl Rolfe is an extremely talented profile artist. He has worked on a number of titles in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. Balkan expert Tim Ripley has been fascinated by the conflicts of the former Yugoslavia since 1992, when he submitted his first report on the airlift to the besieged city of Sarajevo. He has since reported extensively on the activities of UN and NATO peacekeeping troops in Bosnia, Croatia, and more recently in Macedonia and Kosovo. His work has appeared in many well respected defence journals, including 'Jane's Defence Weekly', 'Jane's Intelligence Review' and 'Flight International'. He is the author of 'Air War Bosnia' and 'Operation Deliberate Force', published by Lancaster University's Centre for Defence and International Security Studies.

Customer Reviews

Reasonable overview3
this book contains only minimal references to the political events of 1991-2000 instead it naturally focuss o air operations. there is however a lack of first hand accounts from aircrew and the Kosovo campaign, while covered appears to have been rushed. i was also disappointed with the lack of coverage of the Canadian air force in Kosovo and lack of RAF coverage during Opertion deliberate force. nevertheless i have given the book 3 stars because it provides a good general overview of air opwerations in the region