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This monograph answers the question of whether operational air commanders have the necessary doctrinal tools to plan for effective airpower employment in gradually escalated, coercive warfare. It concludes that current Air Force doctrine does not adequately address coercive warfare. Given the question and answer, several secondary questions flow from them and are addressed in successive chapters. What do the terms gradual escalation and coercive warfare mean and how do they differ from rapid, decisive operations? Historically, how has airpower been employed in gradually escalated conflicts?…mehr

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This monograph answers the question of whether operational air commanders have the necessary doctrinal tools to plan for effective airpower employment in gradually escalated, coercive warfare. It concludes that current Air Force doctrine does not adequately address coercive warfare. Given the question and answer, several secondary questions flow from them and are addressed in successive chapters. What do the terms gradual escalation and coercive warfare mean and how do they differ from rapid, decisive operations? Historically, how has airpower been employed in gradually escalated conflicts? What are the needed changes in current Air Force doctrine to address the planning and employment of airpower in a gradually escalated, coercive conflict? The main reason for the writing of this paper is to fill a gap in U.S. Air Force doctrine regarding coercive warfare. Accordingly, this monograph exclusively addresses U.S. Air Force doctrine and offers a doctrinal model for planning coercive air campaigns. It is beyond the scope of this paper to address Joint U.S. or NATO doctrine. The monograph uses two recent Balkan Air Campaigns, Operation Deliberate Force over Bosnia and Operation Allied Force over Kosovo, as historical examples of coercive conflicts. Both operations involved a gradual escalation of applied force to coerce the Serbians to accept NATO demands. In both cases and exclusively in Kosovo, airpower was the key component of this applied force. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.