COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- James Rothrock, Retired Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force, aims to raise thought-provoking questions about the authority, justification and consequences of NATO's decision to intervene militarily in Kosovo with his new book "Diplomacy at Gunpoint: Kosovo: The Illegal and Unnecessary War" (published by Archway Publishing).
In March 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched a 78-day bombing campaign of the sovereign nation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a nation the size of Kentucky. Rothrock says the objective was to end the repression of the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo, a province within Yugoslavia. "Diplomacy at Gunpoint" probes the many questions raised about the legality, morality, and necessity of external military forces intervening in a sovereign nation where human rights are being violated. The author pulls from first-hand reports of the conflict as it took place and includes direct quotations from key leaders who were involved in negotiations and decisions related to the conflict in Kosovo.
"Every alternative should be thoroughly explored before resorting to war. No nation should overlook the fact that the United Nations Security Council is the sole authority for authorizing the use of force in the settlement of disputes between nations," Rothrock says. "Member nations must insist that the United Nations exercise its authority and capability to intervene in a country where human rights are being violated."
"Diplomacy at Gunpoint" is available for purchase online at the Archway link above, from Barnes & Noble and on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Diplomacy-Gunpoint-Kosovo-Illegal-Unnecessary/dp/1665703148.
"Diplomacy at Gunpoint"
By James Rothrock
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 236 pages | ISBN 9781665703123
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 236 pages | ISBN 9781665703147
E-Book | 236 pages | ISBN 9781665703130
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
James Rothrock, Retired Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force, served 28 years in the U.S. Air Force, including 11 years abroad with travels in Europe, the Far East, and the Middle East. He served three years in a NATO command, two years as an advisor to the Hellenic Air Force in Athens, Greece, was a launch control officer of nuclear forces for three years, and he completed a one-year tour in Vietnam at the height of that war. He is a former special investigator of the U.S. government and an adjunct university professor of world geography. He is the author of two other books: "Live by the Sword" and "Divided We Fall."
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