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Can Air Power Alone Topple Governments?

Can Air Power Alone Topple Governments?

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With the Iran war still unfolding, we ask the question: Can air power alone topple a government?


From the First World War onward, military strategists have argued that bombing from the air could break a nation’s will and force political change without costly ground invasions. Today, we test that claim through a century of conflict - from WWI to NATO's intervention in Kosovo in the 1990s.


Joining us is Mike Pavelec, a military historian at McGill University, to provide some insight into the efficacy of air power.


Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.


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