A Bright Future for Bombing?
Assessing the Prospects for Bombing
to Compel in a New Century
F. Scott Douglas
Assistant Professor of Strategy,
The United States Naval War College
Paper prepared for presentation at the 2004 APSA Annual Convention in Chicago and the
Committee for the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy panel.. The views presented in
this paper are the author’s own and in no way reflect those of the Naval War College or the US
Government. The following is a working draft, please do not cite without the author’s
permission. Comments welcome at ## email not listed ##
© 2004