Air War Over Serbia

<p>An examination of the public affairs strategy of the Air War Over Serbia (part of the NATO Operation Allied Force) reveals that tactics were well understood but strategic guidance was missing. The research involved looking at the archive of information gathered primarily in theater which related to the conflict. While it is as important to win the information war as it is to win the physical war both campaigns need an overall game plan a sense of direction and a way to assess the results. The information campaign was a shotgun approach lacking in concentration of forces or effort. Justas the operations effort must take into account the public information portion of a conflict must assess the enemy threat and be prepared to counter asymmetric warfare--in this case blatant propaganda and control of media access--and be prepared to launch a credible offense.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>