Coercive Air Strategy : Forcing a Bureaucratic Shift

By Major John I. Pray, USAF

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Title:	Coercive Air Strategy : Forcing a Bureaucratic Shift
Author:	Major John I. Pray, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, United States Air Force
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago John I. Pray, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Coercive Air Strategy : Forcing a Bureaucratic Shift. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
The purpose of this work is to provide the air planner with an air strategy that may, under certain defined conditions, be more likely to yield success than current air power theories. Our current stock of strategic ideas tend to rely on a unitary, rational actor assumption to describe the decision-making environments of our potential adversaries. We believe reliance on this simplistic assumption may skew the counterstrategy development process. We propose an alternate decision framework that identifies the importance of consensus decision making and the central role organizations often play in this complex process.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION. . . .1 Notes . . . . .3 2 ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES ON NATIONAL DECISION MAKING. . . .5 Notes. . . . .10 3 AIR STRATEGIES. . . .11 Notes. . . .21 4 THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CRISIS—A CASE STUDY. . . . .23 Notes. . . .27 5 CONCLUSION. . . . .29 BIBLIOGRAPHY. . . .33