{"product_id":"virtual-war-kosovo-and-beyond-paperback-1","title":"Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a decade, Michael Ignatieff has provided eyewitness accounts and penetrating analyses from the world's battle zones. \u003ci\u003eIn Virtual War\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers an analysis of the conflict in Kosovo and what it means for the future of warfare. He describes the latest phase in modern combat: war fought by remote control. In real war, nations are mobilized, soldiers fight and die, victories are won. In virtual war, however, there is often no formal declaration of hostilities, the combatants are strike pilots and computer programmers, the nation enlists as a TV audience, and instead of defeat and victory there is only an uncertain endgame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKosovo was such a virtual war, a war in which U.S. and NATO forces did the fighting but only Kosovars and Serbs did the dying. Ignatieff examines the conflict through the eyes of key players--politicians, diplomats, and generals--and through the experience of the victims, the refugees and civilians who suffered. As unrest continues in the Balkans, East Timor, and other places around the world, Ignatieff raises the troubling possibility that virtual wars, so much easier to fight, could become the way superpowers impose their will in the century ahead.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications and the author of many acclaimed books including \u003ci\u003eBlood and Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsaiah Berlin, The Warrior's Honor, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Album, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Needs of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London and Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5.5 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134560112775,"sku":"9780312278359","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dd61679f4b4a4aa8cf6afc78f42fe5fe_261b1513-3cfe-48b3-ac7f-5ee8cce87345.webp?v=1732642712","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/virtual-war-kosovo-and-beyond-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}