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Bombing to win: air power and coercion in war / Robert A Pape

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PAPE Robert A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cornell studies in security affairsPublication details: Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996Description: 366 pISBN:

0801483115 (pbk):

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Summary: A study of military coercion and the role of air power in acheiving it. Considers why some states change behaviour in response to military threats whereas others fo not. Argues that successful coercion is based not on threats to civilian populations but when it targets military vulnerabilities. Assesses the role of airpower in the allied war war with Japan in 1944-45, in the Korean War 1950-53, in Vietnam from 1965-1972, in the Gulf war against Iraq 1991, and against Germany in the Second World War.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	358.42 PAP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		2149-2001
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	358.42 PAP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0002603

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A study of military coercion and the role of air power in acheiving it. Considers why some states change behaviour in response to military threats whereas others fo not. Argues that successful coercion is based not on threats to civilian populations but when it targets military vulnerabilities. Assesses the role of airpower in the allied war war with Japan in 1944-45, in the Korean War 1950-53, in Vietnam from 1965-1972, in the Gulf war against Iraq 1991, and against Germany in the Second World War.

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