| | KOSOVO AND THE CHALLENGE OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION |
 | | Kosovo, of course, is not Bosnia, where cordial inter-ethnic relations thrived for centuries before the bonds were broken by brutal violence and ethnic cleansing. |
 | | In the Kosovo context, excluding ground forces from the beginning was a serious mistake, which was recognized by the senior military authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere. |
 | | Prior to the Kosovo crisis, the experience of UN intervention suggested that where peace-keeping operations followed rather than accompanied a political settlement, UN forces were able to reinforce the work of the humanitarian agencies and contribute to political stabilization. |
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