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  • 3 - Deliberate Force: Ambivalent Success

  • Edited by Phil Haun, Colin Jackson, Tim Schultz
  • Book:
    Air Power in the Age of Primacy
    Published online:
    16 December 2021
    Print publication:
    16 December 2021, pp 54-75

  • Summary

    The Bosnian War (1992–95), fueled by complex alliances and deeply held animosity among the belligerents, bedeviled diplomatic resolution despite years of effort. In fall 1995, Operation Deliberate Force became the preeminent ingredient forcing warring factions to negotiate a settlement at the Dayton Peace Conference. Despite this success, airmen remain reluctant to claim Deliberate Force’s effectiveness because of its graduated, incremental, and restrained character. This ambivalence would have astonished earlier generations of airmen, who could only dream of such success.