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Barthe, Sebastien. and David, Charles-Philippe. "Kosovo 1999: Clinton, Coercive Diplomacy, and the War to End All (Ground) Wars" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69890_index.html>

Barthe, S. and David, C. , 2005-03-05 "Kosovo 1999: Clinton, Coercive Diplomacy, and the War to End All (Ground) Wars" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69890_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of analogical thinking in steering the Clinton administration toward a strategy of coercive diplomacy in response to the emerging crisis in Kosovo in 1998. It is our thesis that throughout the decision-making process, key administration figures used a variety of analogies to frame the situation, and these prompted them to advocate conflicting policy options. Specifically, while “activists” like Madeleine Albright and Wesley Clark pushed for a full military option to complement diplomatic efforts, evoking the “lessons” of Bosnia as justification, “minimalists” like William Cohen and Sandy Berger invoked images of Vietnam and Somalia to keep U.S. involvement to a minimum. It would appear that, ultimately, the Bosnia analogy prevailed, leading the Clinton administration to launch a military campaign limited to high-altitude strategic bombing, as has been done in 1995. Building on previous studies of American decision-making and military actions in the Kosovo war of 1999, we will expand on the idea that the administration’s determination not to commit U.S. ground troops to combat operations was partially responsible for the unforeseen duration of the war. Our own analysis suggests that this stance stemmed more from a lag in the decision-making process caused by over-reliance on images from Bosnia than from fears of seeing a Vietnam or Somalia repeated in the Balkans.

Foreign Policy Making in the Clinton Administration: Reassessing Bosnia and Kosovo

Foreign Policy Making in the Clinton Administration: Reassessing Bosnia and Kosovo