This book is an analysis and a set of tools of analysis to explain and understand why, when, where, and how the United States and its major NATO allies will agree or disagree on a collective policy regarding using military force abroad.The Politics of Transatlantic Military Intervention About the Rival Explanations Origins of the Crisis: The Breakup of Yugoslavia Bosnia-Herzegovina KosovoMARK WINTZ is Assistant Professor and Director of International Studies in the Department of Political Science& International Studies at State University of New York, USA.