PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter One INTRODUCTION -- A BATTLE OF CONSTRAINTS AND NATO'S STRATEGIC CHOICES -- IMPACT ON PLANNING -- IMPACT ON AIR OPERATIONS -- IMPACT ON TASK FORCE HAWK -- THE DEFICIENCIES OF OPERATION ALLIED FORCE -- ABOUT THE REPORT -- Chapter Two AT THE BRINK: APRIL 1998 TO MARCH 1999 -- MOUNTING TENSIONS AND CONCERNS OVER KOSOVO -- Initial NATO Planning -- OCTOBER CRISIS -- RAMBOUILLET AND ITS AFTERMATH -- Chapter Three AIR OPERATION -- NATO AND U.S. GOALS -- PUBLIC RENUNCIATION OF GROUND FORCE OPTIONS -- INITIAL OPERATIONS -- Command and Control -- Restrictions on Air Operations -- YUGOSLAV FORCES -- Air Defense -- Ground Forces in Kosovo -- SLOWLY EXPANDING AIR OPERATIONS -- Introduction of Naval Air -- Expansion of Fixed Targets -- Aircraft Reinforcement -- Controversy Over the Weight of Effort -- NATO'S DETERMINATION TO PREVAIL -- Turning Point: The NATO Summit Conference -- Escalating Attacks on Yugoslav Infrastructure -- Halting Steps Toward a Possible Land Invasion -- Tightening the Noose: The Ahtisaari-Chernomyrdin Mission -- SUCCESSES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE OVERALL AIR OPERATION -- Overall Success -- Fixed Targets -- Limited Collateral Damage -- Operational Problems -- LOW EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST FIELDED FORCES -- MARGINAL EFFECT IN HALTING VIOLENCE AGAINST KOSOVAR ALBANIANS -- Joint Chiefs of Staff Briefing, June 10, 1999 -- NATO SHAPE Briefing, September 16, 1999 -- The Allied Force Munitions Effectiveness Assessment Team -- Annual Data Exchange, Sub-Regional Arms Control -- Summary of Strike Assessments -- Chapter Four TASK FORCE HAWK -- ORIGIN AND CONTROVERSY -- The Decision to Deploy Task Force Hawk -- The Change to Albania -- Deployment of Task Force Hawk -- COMMAND AND CONTROL -- Command and Control at Rinas -- TASK FORCE HAWK OPERATIONS.

Deep Operations Planning -- Mission Planning -- Training and Rehearsals -- Forward Operating Base -- Integration with Air Operations and Targeting -- TASK FORCE HUNTER -- WHY WASN'T TASK FORCE HAWK EMPLOYED IN KOSOVO? -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF TASK FORCE HAWK -- Operational and Tactical Contributions -- Chapter Five ENFORCING THE PEACE -- PREPARATION FOR OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 -- INITIAL OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO -- Kosovo Force Structure and Disposition -- Entry of Task Force Falcon -- Initial Tasks -- CHALLENGES FACING KFOR -- The Law and Order Problem -- U.S. Emphasis on Force Protection in Kosovo -- KOSOVO IN CONTRAST TO BOSNIA -- Chapter Six CONCLUSION -- THE LEVERAGE DERIVED FROM AN AIR-LAND CAMPAIGN APPROACH -- JOINT "AIR-ONLY" OPERATIONS -- Designation of a Land Component Commander -- Sensor-to-Shooter Response Time -- Joint Doctrine for Attack Helicopter Operations -- PLANNING FOR MAJOR POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON FUTURE MILITARY OPERATIONS -- Characteristic Restraints -- Tendency to Rely on Air Power -- IMPROVING MILITARY PLANNING -- The Army's Title 10 Planning Responsibilities -- NEED FOR EXPANDED GROUND-FORCE OPTIONS -- DISPARITIES IN COALITION CAPABILITIES -- NEED FOR INCREASED ARMY CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT CIVIL POLICE TASKS -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- Appendix LIST OF INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.