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July 5, 2001

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
350 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York NY 10022

JUL 09 2001

Dear Henry:

I'm pleased to enclose with this letter a copy of the final manuscript of Ben Lambeth's
NATO's Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment. This document is
now in final processing and will soon be published as a RAND book.

Because this effort is, to our knowledge, the most in-depth treatment of the Kosovo air
campaign yet available in the public domain by a considerable margin, we intend to pitch
it vigorously toward the right audiences both within and beyond the Washington Beltway.
The study has received high marks both from its formal reviewers and from a wide circle
of others sought out for critical comment as a balanced treatment of both the air
campaign itself and the broader uses and limitations of air power. Should you have the
time to give it enough of a look to form your own judgment in this regard, I'd be most
grateful if you might offer us a few testimonial words which we might use on the back
cover to help ensure that the study attracts the attention of those in high circles who
matter most.

I might note also that Ben's previous book *The Transformation of American Air Power* (Cornell University Press, 2000) was a key consideration in his having been recently selected by the Air Force Association to be the recipient of its Gill Robb Wilson award for arts and letters for 2001.

JAT:cjc

Enclosure: Benjamin S. Lambeth, NATO's Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment, Pre-Publication Copy.

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