This is a concise history of the war for Kosovo. It offers a new lens through which to view U.S. national security in the age of globalization.

Operation Allied Force: "The most precise application of air power in history" / William M. Arkin - - Kosovo and the new American way of war / Eliot A. Cohen - - First war of the global era: Kosovo and U.S. grand strategy / James Kurth - - Hubris and Nemesis: Kosovo and the pattern of Western military ascendancy and defeat / Anatol Lieven - - Kosovo and the moral burdens of power / Alberto R. Coll - - Neglected trinity: Kosovo and the crisis in U.S. civil-military relations / Andrew J. Bacevich - - Revolution deferred: Kosovo and the transformation of war / Michael G. Vickers.