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037			_c$20.00 _fpaperback
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050	0	0	_aJC328.5 _b.H67 2001
100	1		_aHosmer, Stephen T. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOperations against enemy leaders / _cStephen T. Hosmer.
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c2001.
300			_axvii, 151 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Project Air Force."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-151).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Attacking Leaders Directly -- Facilitating Coups or Rebellions -- Taking Down Regimes with External Military Force -- Concluding Observations.
520			_aOperations targeted against senior enemy leaders have long been viewed as a potential means of shaping the policy and behavior of enemy states. As a result, the United States has launched a variety of overt and covert operations in efforts to attack enemy leaders directly, facilitate their overthrow by coup or rebellion, or secure their ouster through external invasion. This book examines a number of leadership attacks from World War II to the present to offer insights into the comparative efficacy of various forms of leadership attacks, their potential coercive and deterrent value, and the possible unintended consequences of their ill-considered use. The book concludes that direct attacks, coups, and rebellions have met with only limited success and, even when successful, have sometimes yielded counterproductive results. Moreover, neither direct attacks nor coups have been of significant coercive or deterrent value, although rebellions have at times provided useful negotiating leverage. By contrast, external invasions have proved to be more efficacious both in shaping the targeted countries' policy and behavior and in exerting coercive effects. The book concludes by outlining the likely conditions under which future leadership attacks are likely to be sanctioned and by delineating the prerequisites of effective use of air power in such contexts.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650		0	_aAssassination.
650		0	_aCoups d'état.
650		0	_aInsurgency.
650		0	_aOffenses against foreign heads of state _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1945-1989.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1989-
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy.
710	2		_aProject Air Force (U.S.). _bStrategy and Doctrine Program.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	1		_aUnited States. _bAir Force.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1385/
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