{"product_id":"operation-kinetic-stabilizing-kosovo-9781612349640","title":"Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo","description":"In the late 1990s, NATO led the Kosovo Force (KFOR), charged with stabilizing Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia after genocide and other atrocities were carried out in the Balkan region. \u003ci\u003eOperation Kinetic\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a history of the origins and operations of the Kosovo Force but also a history of the vital operations conducted by the Canadian Army units and their allies assigned to KFOR during the crucial early days and months after entry into the province in 1999 and through 2000. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Operating alongside American, British, French, Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish forces, these surveillance and response units were instrumental in preventing violence in numerous areas before it could escalate and draw in the Serbian Army, which could have led to further genocide or war in the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sean M. Maloney, a Canadian military historian with extensive field experience in the Balkans, draws on numerous interviews and firsthand accounts of an operation that would later serve as a model in preparing for similar efforts in Afghanistan and provide a blueprint for stabilizing operations around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean M. Maloney\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Canadian Army's historian for the war in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEnduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac Books, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eLearning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac Books, 2007). \u003cb\u003eSir Mike Jackson \u003c\/b\u003eis a retired British Army officer and general. In 2003 he was appointed chief of the general staff of the British Army. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoldier: The Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e. For more information about the author visit seanmmaloney.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50360218681618,"sku":"9781612349640","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24775ba2-ed9d-43f1-8c52-c55ec6c2c5f2.jpg?v=1728360351","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/operation-kinetic-stabilizing-kosovo-9781612349640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}