Immaculate Warfare: Participants Reflect on the Air Campaigns over Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

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This volume of essays-written by military officers who analyzed the intelligence, planned the missions, and flew the planes over Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghanistan-offers the most penetrating look to date at the realities of American precision air power.

Author(s): Stephen D. Wrage
Publisher: Praeger
Year: 2003

Language: English
Pages: 128

Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Introduction: The Promise of Immaculate Warfare......Page 10
1. Air Power and the Coercive Use of Force......Page 14
2. Air Power Strategy and the Problem of Coercion......Page 30
3. Coalition Warfare: The Commander's Role......Page 60
4. The Politics of Air Strikes......Page 80
5. The Ethics of Precision Air Power......Page 94
6. Conclusion......Page 110
Further Reading......Page 122
C......Page 124
J......Page 125
P......Page 126
Z......Page 127
About the Contributors......Page 128