Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist

Advances in airpower and bombing capabilities have brought airpower to the forefront of military strategy. Four cases are examined to explain the historical uses and goals of strategic and morale bombing of enemy civilian populations: Germany, Japan, Vietnam and Iraq. This historical data is complem...

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Main Author:	Peterson, Claire
Format:	Others
Published:	Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
Subjects:	strategic bombing morale bombing Morale civilian targets International Relations Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online Access:	http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/760 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1793&context=cmc_theses

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spelling	ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-17932013-12-27T03:27:17Z Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist Peterson, Claire Advances in airpower and bombing capabilities have brought airpower to the forefront of military strategy. Four cases are examined to explain the historical uses and goals of strategic and morale bombing of enemy civilian populations: Germany, Japan, Vietnam and Iraq. This historical data is complemented by psychological theory that helps to predict the effectiveness of these bombing campaigns on the civilian will to resist. This paper argues that strategic and morale bombing on civilian populations does not decrease the enemy will to resist. 2013-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/760 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1793&context=cmc_theses © 2013 Claire Peterson CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont strategic bombing morale bombing Morale civilian targets International Relations Social and Behavioral Sciences
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description	Advances in airpower and bombing capabilities have brought airpower to the forefront of military strategy. Four cases are examined to explain the historical uses and goals of strategic and morale bombing of enemy civilian populations: Germany, Japan, Vietnam and Iraq. This historical data is complemented by psychological theory that helps to predict the effectiveness of these bombing campaigns on the civilian will to resist. This paper argues that strategic and morale bombing on civilian populations does not decrease the enemy will to resist.
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title	Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist
title_short	Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist
title_full	Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist
title_fullStr	Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist
title_full_unstemmed	Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist
title_sort	civilian populations as bomb targets: a historical and psychological study on the effect of strategic and morale bombing on civilian enemy will to resist
publisher	Scholarship @ Claremont
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Civilian Populations as Bomb Targets: A Historical and Psychological Study on the Effect of Strategic and Morale Bombing on Civilian Enemy Will to Resist

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