Virtual War Kosovo and Beyond
Virtual War Kosovo and Beyond by Michael Ignatieff, published by Vintage in 2001, offers a detailed examination of the unique dynamics of the Kosovo conflict. This New Ed edition spans 249 pages and is presented in English. Ignatieff explores the concept of “virtual war,” highlighting how modern conflicts are fought differently than traditional wars, where entire nations mobilize and soldiers engage directly on the battlefield.
Readers will find an insightful analysis of the Kosovo war, characterized by the involvement of pilots and computer programmers rather than conventional ground troops. The book discusses the implications of a conflict where the audience is primarily a television viewer, and the outcomes are often uncertain. Ignatieff delves into the complexities of warfare in the contemporary era, touching on themes such as weapons technology and the nature of defense operations, while also referencing the broader context of European history post-1945.
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This is a brilliant and indispensable history of the present in which Michael Ignatieff reports on the extraordinary way the war in Kosovo was fought – the dawn of a new type of warfare. In real wars, whole nations are mobilised, soldiers fight and die, victories are won. In virtual war, hostilities may not even be declared, the only combatants may be strike pilots and computer programmers, the watching nation is mobilised only as a television audience and instead of victory there is only an uncertain endgame. Kosovo was a virtual war; fought by pilots at 15, 000 feet, commanded by generals whose only view of the battle was through their pilots’ bombing sites, and reported by opposing media with competing versions of collateral damage stories; a war in which Americans and NATO forces did the fighting but only Kosovars and Serbs did the dying.
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