Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War On a beach in the

On a beach in the Dominican Republic

and thoroughly endearing voice

a good old boy named Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men

In its rich warp and weft of humiliations and human error

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War On a beach in theFrom 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