Falcons Against the Jihad. Israeli Airpower and Coercive Diplomacy in Southern Lebanon.

Abstract

American airmen are finding themselves at the center of US efforts to solve the problems of an increasingly fragmented world. Aircrew's new role as the tool of choice for US policymakers confronts the Air Force with challenges never envisioned before: nonstate actors, ethnic hatred, nationalist tensions, and an increasing array of regional conflicts. The analysis of this subject begins by demonstrating that Israeli air strikes in Lebanon supported a strategy of coercive diplomacy - an approach adopted when Israeli ground efforts proved unable to reduce the number of guerrilla attacks. Partial contents include: The Lebanon Period, The Israeli Strategy, Factors Influencing the Airpower Strategy, Effectiveness of IAF Reprisal Raids, and Why the Air Strikes Failed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA301572

Entities

People

  • Kenneth C. Schow Jr

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Violence
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies