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Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991
Stephen T. Hosmer
其他書名
Lessons for U.S. Commanders
出版
RAND
, 1996
主題
Fiction / War & Military
History / Military / General
History / Military / Aviation
Technology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN
0833023365
9780833023360
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=y_vswAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The psychological effects of air operations can significantly shorten wars and reduce their costs, particularly in American lives. In some conflicts, the psychological effects of air operations may exceed the physical effects in importance. This report examines ways to maximize the psychological impact of U.S. air power in future conflicts. Drawing upon POW interrogations and other data from the Persian Gulf, Vietnam, and Korean wars and World War II, the author assesses the psychological effects of past U.S. air attacks against both enemy strategic targets and deployed ground forces. The author identifies the conditions that have consistently produced a catastrophic disintegration in enemy resistance and large-scale enemy surrenders and suggests how U.S. commanders might design and conduct future military operations to exploit the psychological potential of air power more fully.