ently threatening by the Iraqui government to precipitate a dramatic response.
For almost a year, Iraq attempted to respond to what was perceived by the Iraqui government as Iranian provocation with the application of coercive diplomacy. Coercive diplomacy 4
. . . calls for using just enough force of an appro priate kind . . . to demonstrate resolution to protect well defined interests and . . . to demonstrate the credibility of one's determination to use more force if necessary (George, Hall, & Simons, 1971, p. 18).
Coercive diplomacy is said to focus upon "affecting the enemy's will rather than upon negating his capabilities" (George, Hall, & Simons, 197). The force employed in the con duct of coercive diplomacy is, thus, said to be used "in an exemplary, demonstrative manner, in discrete and controlled increments, to induce the opponent to revise his calculations and agree to a mutually acceptable termination of t
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