Abstract: Discusses the failure of military planners to consider the impact of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) campaign against the armed forces of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Evidence that United States President Bill Clinton possessed intelligence information on Yugoslav plans for ethnic cleansing in Kosovo; Evidence of international unreadiness to handle the refugee crisis; Reasons for underestimation of President Milosevic; Criticism of the administration of President Clinton; Report on concepts of American policy-makers and journalists; Focus on participation of Milosevic in the war; Desire of NATO to avoid causalities.