Bombing to Win
Air Power and Coercion in War
$73.75
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
17 April 1996
Summary
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 believ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801483110 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0801483115 |
| Author: | Robert A. Pape |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 1996 |
| Weight: | 907g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
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Critics Review
“This excellent work is highly recommended as an antidote to the air power hyperbole so often encountered after the Gulf War.”–Non-Offensive Defence and Conversion Newsletter
“Bombing to Win is a critically important book.”-Navel War College Review “Robert Pape argues comprehensively and convincingly that in 75 years, strategic bombing of civilians has had no effect on the war aims of their governments… His contribution is well-grounded in massive scholarship, but its value lies more in the demolishing persistent misconceptions than in the provision of new insights for the future of air-power.”-Survival “This excellent work is highly recommended as an antidote to the air power hyperbole so often encountered after the Gulf War.”-Non-Offensive Defence and Conversion Newsletter
Robert A. Pape
Robert A. Pape is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
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