A fascinating testimony from the experience of a top columnist in the field of geopolitics about a significant military conflict of the 20th century. The collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s proved that, after almost 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. Its bloody conclusion occurred in 1999 in Kosovo. Tim Marshall, then the diplomatic editor at Sky News, was present covering the Kosovo War. This is his enlightening account of how events unfolded, a gripping journalistic memoir drawing from personal experience, eyewitness testimonies, and interviews with intelligence officials from five countries. Two decades after the end of the war, with the rise of Russian power, a weakened NATO, and stagnation in EU expansion, this story is more timely than ever, as questions remain about the potential for conflicts on the European continent. Absolutely riveting, this is Tim Marshall at his best: behind the lines, under fire, and full of the insight that has made him one of Britain's leading authors in the field of geopolitics.