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Bombs without Boots - The Limits of Airpower (Paperback)
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Bombs without Boots - The Limits of Airpower (Paperback)
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Airpower can achieve military objectives sometimes, in some
circumstances It sounds simple: using airpower to intervene
militarily in conflicts, thus minimizing the deaths of soldiers and
civilians while achieving both tactical and strategic objectives.
In reality, airpower alone sometimes does win battles, but the
costs can be high and the long-term consequences may fall short of
what decision-makers had in mind. This book by a long-time U.S.
intelligence analyst assesses the military operations and
post-conflict outcomes in five cases since the mid-1990s in which
the United States and/or its allies used airpower to "solve"
military problems: Bosnia in 1995, Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in
2001, Lebanon in 2006, and Libya in 2011. In each of these cases,
airpower helped achieve the immediate objective, but the long-term
outcomes often diverged significantly from the original intent of
policymakers. The author concludes that airpower sometimes can be
effective when used to support indigenous ground forces, but
decision-makers should carefully consider all the circumstances
before sending planes, drones, or missiles aloft.
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