Air Power as a Coercive Instrument

• Main Author: Byman, Daniel (auth)
• Other Authors: McGinn, John G. (auth), Crane, Keith (auth), Jones, Seth G. (auth), Lal, Rollie (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 1999
• Subjects: Warfare & defence; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Coercion--the use of threatened force to induce an adversary to change its behavior--is a critical function of the U.S. military. U.S. forces have recently fought in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa to compel recalcitrant regimes and warlords to stop repression, abandon weapons...