Tim Ripley

Conflict in the Balkans 1991-2000

Buch

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 practiti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Rolfe, Mark (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-84176-290-6
EAN: 9781841762906
Produktnummer: 9107390
Verlag: Bloomsbury
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Masse: H24.8 cm x B18.4 cm x D0.7 cm 311 g
Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
Reihenbandnummer: 24
Gewicht: 311

Über den Autor

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. Mark 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.