Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2030. Th…

Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2030. The U.S. and Mexico have been at war for over a year. The fighting has bogged down into a stalemate. The two sides now face one another along a static and continuous trench network that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. According to Robert Pape’s Bombing to Win, the most effective way the U.S. can use strategic attack (bombing) to bring the war to a conclusion is to initiate: