Archive for the month of October 1999

In a reconstruction by Dana Priest, published in the Washington Post and NRC Handelsblad -- September 19 to 21 -- it became evident that NATO was involved in a second battle: the one between allied generals and politicians. Everyone seemed to agree that air power was working. But would it be sufficient? A ground option seemed to be doomed even before the war had started. There was a plan A, but not a plan B. And what were the factors that contributed to Milosevic's sudden retreat? In a series of excellent articles, the Washington Post reconstructed the difficulties behind the scenes. An excerpt.