PBS Frontline: War in Europe: Road to War

Call Number
350-1-1:760/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:760/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #760 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000760
Date of air
2000-02-22
Date
2000
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
57 min.
Notes
part 1, copy on VHS

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
Documentary examines NATO engagement in Kosovo, analyzing what caused the Kosovo conflict and what was accomplished by the allied military action. Themes examined: massacre at Izbica; Madeleine Albright's leadership in NATO alliance; Hoolbroke's negotiations with Milosevic; activities of the KLA, unilateral vs. allied action; NATO reinventing itself through the Kosovo action; massacre at Gornje Obrinje; influence of mass media images depicting Kosovo violence on policy and decision making process; impeachment of President Clinton; Rambouillet peace negotiations; KLA' s desire for Kosovo's independence. Interviews with: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; National Security Advisor (1988-92) Brent Scowcroft; Ivo Daadler; Richard Holbrooke, Kosovar Albanian girl, Kosovo Leader Ibrahim Rugova; KLA Leader Hashim Thaci; Commander of the Yugoslav 3rd Army Nebojsa Pavkovic; Ambassador Christopher Hill; National Security Advisor Samuel Berger; Sec. of Defense William Cohen; Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Wesley Clark; Senator Bob Dole; survivor of the Gornje Obrinje massacre, Senator Joseph Biden of the Foreign Relations Committee, NATO Allied Air Force Commander General Michael C. Short; Chief Ceasefire Monitor Amb. William Walker; Dugagjin Gorani, Advisor, Kosovar Delegation; Venton Surroi, journalist, member of the Kosovar delegation; William Fillman, NATO intelligence chief; Gen. Michael Ryan, Chief of Staff, USAF; Gen. Charles Krulak, Commandant, USMC 1995-1999); Gen. Klaus Naumann, former chairman, NATO military committe; Maj. David Sullivan, Stealth pilot; Footage of violent demonstrations from Kosovo in the late eighties; 5 March 1998 in Prekaz, Kosovo; fighting and Yugoslav troops in Kosovo; Robin Cook speaking; Bob Dole's visit to Kosovo; 26 September 1998 in Gornje Obrinje, Kosovo; William Walker uncovering evidence of massacres in Racak, the Rambouillet peace negotiations; President Clinton's address to the American nation.

Context

Associated Names
PBS (Creator/Author, Producer)