Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence
and Strategic Studies Series
Rob Huebert, Series Editor
ISSN 1716-2645 (Print) ISSN 1925-2919 (Online)
Canada’s role in international military and strategic studies ranges from peace-building and Arctic sovereignty to unconventional warfare and domestic security. This series provides narratives and analyses of the Canadian military from both an historical and a contemporary perspective.
No. 1 ∙ The Generals: The Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War
J.L. Granatstein
No. 2 ∙ Art and Memorial: The Forgotten History of Canada’s War Art
Laura Brandon
No. 3 ∙ In the National Interest: Canadian Foreign Policy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909–2009
Greg Donaghy and Michael K. Carroll
No. 4 ∙ Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler’s War Against Caribbean Oil
David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig
No. 5 ∙ Fishing for a Solution: Canada’s Fisheries Relations with the European Union, 1977–2013
Donald Barry, Bob Applebaum, and Earl Wiseman
No. 6 ∙ From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective
Michael K. Carroll and Greg Donaghy
No. 7 ∙ The Frontier of Patriotism: Alberta and the First World War
Adriana A. Davies and Jeff Keshen
No. 8 ∙ China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada
P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre
No. 9 ∙ Scattering Chaff: Canadian Air Power and Censorship during the Kosovo War
Bob Bergen
© 2019 Bob Bergen
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Bergen, Bob, 1949-, author
Scattering chaff : Canadian air power and censorship during
the Kosovo War / Bob Bergen.
(Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series,
1716-2645 ; no. 9)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-77385-030-6 (softcover).—ISBN 978-1-77385-032-0 (PDF).—
ISBN 978-1-77385-033-7 (EPUB).—ISBN 978-1-77385-034-4 (Kindle).—
ISBN 978-1-77385-031-3 (open access PDF)
1. Kosovo War, 1998-1999—Aerial operations, Canadian. 2. Kosovo
War, 1998-1999—Censorship—Canada. I. Title. II. Series: Beyond
boundaries series ; no. 9
DR2087.5.B47 2019 949.710315 C2018-906435-8
C2018-906436-6
The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.
This book has been published with the support of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies.
Copyediting by Peter Enman
Cover image: GBU-10’s over Croatia. Photo courtesy of Travis Brassington.
Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano
In memory of Lois,
my Mom,
who taught me to love reading