Albright and Clark overestimated the results of air power, counseling Clinton that the mere threat of an air campaign would intimidate Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.  The start of the air campaign unfortunately coincided with the day that Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov’s arrived in Washington for his first official visit.  The air campaign embarrassed the Kremlin and forced Primakov to turn back, demonstrating again that use of force always has unintended consequences. More

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