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The War for Kosovo: Serbia's Political-Military Strategy

Barry R. Posen

International Security, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Spring 2000)

Why did Slobodan Milosevic decide he would rather fight the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) than agree to the Rambouillet formula for Kosovo? Why did he agree to settle the war on June 3, 1999, after some eleven weeks of NATO bombing? This article examines these two questions through the lens of strategy.