Bombing to Win - Air Power and Coercion in War

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Pape Klappentext From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analysing the results of over 30 air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy's military strategy, not its economy, people or leaders. Coercive air power can succeed, but not as cheaply as air enthusiasts would like to believe. Zusammenfassung In this now-classic work of the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps military strategists and policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why Study Military Coercion? 2., Explaining Military Coercion 3. Coercive Air Power 4. Japan, 1944-1945 5. Korea, 1950-1953 6. Vietnam, 1965-1972 7. Iraq, 1991 8. Germany, 1942-1945 9. Beyond Strategic BombingAppendix: Coding Cases of Coercive Air Power Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Pape, Robert A. Pape
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.1996
• EAN: 9780801483110
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8311-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration