This book looks at the legacy of the 1998-99 Kosovo crisis for European security affairs. It examines the debates about the nature and justification of intervention in the affairs of sovereign states. It also considers the impact of the crisis on NATO and on relations between western states and Russia both during and since Kosovo. Well-known "facts" are critically assessed and challenged. The authors argue that the NATO attacks on Serbia were not a "war," nor did the crisis directly lead to moves to endow the European Union with its own military dimension. They place the Kosovo crisis in the context of the long-term evolution of a transatlantic "community of values" between Europe and North America.

The Kosovo Crisis: The Evolution of Post Cold War European Security

Engineering & Transportation

Smith, Martin A.

Latawski, Paul

Engineering

Manchester University Press

Analyses the international response to the crisis in Kosovo, and its broader implications by examining its diplomatic, military and humanitarian features. Unravelling these implications can be challenging as it remains an event replete with paradoxes - the originality of this book's approach lies in its exploration of these paradoxes. The crisis in Kosovo has been a headline grabbing event - a serious study of the implications of the conflict on wider European security issues and institutions is urgently required.

Following the German counter-attack at Mortain on August 6th, 1944, Generals Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery decided to engage in a wide encircling movement, to trap the enemy divisions which had advanced so far westwards. American XV Corps entered Le Mans on August 9th and then advanced rapidly northwards, capturing Alencon before moving towards Ecouche, then Argentan. Meanwhile, Montgomery had broken the German front south of Caen despite stiff resistance. The Canadians and the Poles of General Maczeck's 1st Armoured Division bore down on Falaise, eventually capturing the town on August 16th. They then accelerated their advance, seeking to meet American forces moving northwards. With over 100,000 Germans in danger of encirclement, Hitler gave the order for a general withdrawal. Under the combined pressure of the Americans and French to the south, the Americans and British to the west and the Canadians and Poles to the north, the net inexorably tightened. American and Polish units linked up at Chambois as Canadian and Polish forces attempted to plug the remaining gaps in a series of ferocious actions.

Falaise Pocket

History

Military

Sutton Pub Ltd

With color photos and maps detailing the events of the German defeat in Normandy, this is a must-have guide for any armchair historian or battlefield tourist Following the German counterattack at Mortain on August 7, 1944, Generals Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery decided to engage in a wide encircling movement, to trap the enemy divisions that were trying to advance westward. On August 8, American XV Corps entered Le Mans then advanced rapidly northward. Meanwhile, Montgomery had broken the German front south of Caen despite stiff resistance. The Canadians of II Corps bore down on Falaise, eventually capturing the town on August 16. Together with the 1st Polish Armored Division, they then accelerated their advance, seeking to meet American forces moving northward. With well over 100,000 Germans in danger of encirclement, Hitler gave permission for a general withdrawal. Under the combined pressure of the Americans and French to the south, the Americans and British to the west and the Canadians and Poles to the north, the net tightened inexorably. By August 21 the Falaise Pocket was all but shut, confirming the defeat of the German Army in Normandy. Presenting the details of this movement, Paul Latawski shows how the bulk of the German forces west of the River Seine were destroyed.

D-Day Landings: The Falaise Pocket: Defeating the German Army in Normandy

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Spellmount

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