TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pape,Robert A.
TI  - Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War 
T2  - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
SN  - 9780801471513
AV  - UG700 .P365 1996eb
U1  - 358.4/24 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Air power
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Bombing, Aerial
KW  - History
KW  - Military History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Airpower Studies
KW  - Axis Powers
KW  - Conflicts
KW  - Germany 1942-1945
KW  - Iraq 1991
KW  - Japan 1944-1945
KW  - Korea 1950-1953
KW  - Military Aviation History
KW  - Military Coercion
KW  - Military Issues
KW  - Military Strategy History
KW  - National and International Security
KW  - Persian Gulf War
KW  - US bombing strategy
KW  - United States Air Force
KW  - United States Airforce School of Advanced Airpower Studies
KW  - United States
KW  - Vietnam 1965-1972
KW  - Vietnam War
KW  - Wars
KW  - World War II
KW  - aerial bombing
KW  - air power and coercion in war
KW  - american war history
KW  - bombing strategy
KW  - case studies in aerial bombing
KW  - case studies on air power
KW  - cases of coercive air power
KW  - coding cases of strategic bombing
KW  - efficacy of coercive bombing
KW  - efficacy of strategic bombing
KW  - military history
KW  - military strategy
KW  - political science strategy
KW  - security affairs
KW  - strategic air offensives
KW  - strategic bombing
KW  - strategies of military coercion
KW  - success and failures of military coercion
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 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 Bombing --; Appendix: Coding Cases of Coercive Air Power --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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. Analyzing the results of over thirty 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.Pape examines the air raids on Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq as well as those of Israel versus Egypt, providing details of bombing and governmental decision making. His detailed narratives of the strategic effectiveness of bombing range from the classical cases of World War II to an extraordinary reconstruction of airpower use in the Gulf War, based on recently declassified documents. 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801471513
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801471513
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801471513/original
ER  -