Airpower versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies - Operation El Dorado Canyon: Airpower versus Libyan-Sponsored Terrorism, Operation Infinite Reach: The 1998 Embassy Bombing, Second Palestinian Intifada

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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781370331307
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: September 23, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781370331307
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: September 23, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It analyzes the effectiveness of airpower versus terrorism using three case studies. The first case study is Operation El Dorado Canyon, America's response to Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. The second case study is Operation Infinite Reach, America's cruise missile response to the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The third case study is the Israeli use of airpower versus the second Palestinian intifada of September 2000. The case studies address multiple common questions: "What was the context? "Why was airpower selected? How was airpower employed? "What were the objectives and were they achieved? And, finally, "What were the lessons learned? Additionally, each case study looks at the impact of military action on domestic opinion and third-party opinions. Overall, these three case studies reveal a spectrum of responses with which states can respond to terrorism. Operation Infinite Reach shows that when a nation is unwilling to commit itself seriously against an enemy, the message it sends is one of timidity and inertia. Operation El Dorado Canyon showed Mu'ammar Gadhafi that his support of terrorism would not come without cost. Further, Libya offered multiple high-value targets that could be destroyed—thus revealing a major weakness of states that sponsor terrorism. The Israeli use of air and ground power to combat terrorism has been effective, but this case also shows that military power alone cannot stop terrorism; at some point diplomacy must prevail.
Chapter 1 - Terrorism: Its Impact, the New American Approach, and Airpower * Chapter 2 - Operation El Dorado Canyon: Airpower versus Libyan-Sponsored Terrorism * Chapter 3 - Operation Infinite Reach: The 1998 US Embassy Bombing Response * Chapter 4 - The Second Palestinian Intifada * Chapter 5 - Conclusion * APPENDIX: THE OSLO NEGOTIATIONS

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This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It analyzes the effectiveness of airpower versus terrorism using three case studies. The first case study is Operation El Dorado Canyon, America's response to Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. The second case study is Operation Infinite Reach, America's cruise missile response to the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The third case study is the Israeli use of airpower versus the second Palestinian intifada of September 2000. The case studies address multiple common questions: "What was the context? "Why was airpower selected? How was airpower employed? "What were the objectives and were they achieved? And, finally, "What were the lessons learned? Additionally, each case study looks at the impact of military action on domestic opinion and third-party opinions. Overall, these three case studies reveal a spectrum of responses with which states can respond to terrorism. Operation Infinite Reach shows that when a nation is unwilling to commit itself seriously against an enemy, the message it sends is one of timidity and inertia. Operation El Dorado Canyon showed Mu'ammar Gadhafi that his support of terrorism would not come without cost. Further, Libya offered multiple high-value targets that could be destroyed—thus revealing a major weakness of states that sponsor terrorism. The Israeli use of air and ground power to combat terrorism has been effective, but this case also shows that military power alone cannot stop terrorism; at some point diplomacy must prevail.
Chapter 1 - Terrorism: Its Impact, the New American Approach, and Airpower * Chapter 2 - Operation El Dorado Canyon: Airpower versus Libyan-Sponsored Terrorism * Chapter 3 - Operation Infinite Reach: The 1998 US Embassy Bombing Response * Chapter 4 - The Second Palestinian Intifada * Chapter 5 - Conclusion * APPENDIX: THE OSLO NEGOTIATIONS

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