Bombing to provoke : rockets, missiles, and drones as instruments of fear and coercion / Jaganath Sankaran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sankaran, Jaganath, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bombing, Aerial--Psychological aspects.

Bombing, Aerial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

The influence of aerospace weapons on the battlefield is felt profoundly, yet the mechanism of coercion by which these weapons alter the will of the adversary is poorly understood. This book argues that it is not what these weapons physically do but how they weaponize fear and trigger a sense of defenselessness that matters for understanding their coercive effect. For anyone seeking to understand why states at war in the age of aerospace weapon warfare operate and react in the ways that they do, this book's methodical dissection of the strategic rationale behind these weapons makes it necessary reading.

Contents:

Cover

Bombing to Provoke

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Bombing to Provoke: The Coercive Logic of Aerospace Weapons

3. Hitler's Weapons of Vengeance

4. Missiles and the War of the Cities

5. Saddam's Scuds

6. Hezbollah's Katyusha Rockets and the Rules of Engagement

7. Houthis and the "Flying Lawnmowers"

8. Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 13, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197792667

0197792669

9780197792643

0197792642

OCLC:

1452236434