| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) |
| Contents |
Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict -- Friends, foes, or brothers in arms? the puzzle of combatant equality -- Combatants in asymmetric war -- Shooting to kill : the paradox of prohibited weapons -- Shooting to stun : the paradox of nonlethal warfare -- Murder, self-defense, or execution? the dilemma of assassination -- Human dignity or human life : the dilemmas of torture and rendition -- Noncombatants in asymmetric war -- Blackmailing the innocent : the dilemma of noncombatant immunity -- Killing the innocent : the dilemma of terrorism -- Risking our lives to save others : puzzles of humanitarian intervention -- Conclusion and afterword -- Torture, assassination, and blackmail : new norms for asymmetric conflict? -- The war in Gaza, December 2008 to January 2009 |
| Summary |
Describes the impact of asymmetric conflicts on the practices of war, discussing torture, assassination, blackmail, extortion, chemical weapons, and related tactics, and offers advice on ways to respond to the changing demands of asymmetric conflict |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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Military ethics -- United States
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Military interrogation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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89.06 political philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Military ethics
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Kombattant
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Nichtkombattant
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Asymmetrische Kriegführung
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Menschenrechtsverletzung
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Warfare.
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Ethical aspects.
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Krieg.
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Ethik.
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Militär.
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Militär etik.
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Krig -- etik och moral -- Förenta staterna.
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Konfliktlösning -- Förenta staterna.
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Terrorism.
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United States
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United States.
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USA.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511658655 |
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0511658656 |
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0521866154 |
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9780521866156 |
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0521685109 |
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9780521685108 |
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9780511811562 |
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051181156X |
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1107210232 |
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9781107210233 |
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1282466860 |
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9781282466869 |
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9786612466861 |
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6612466863 |
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0511658109 |
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9780511658105 |
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0511656793 |
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9780511656798 |
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0511655940 |
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9780511655944 |
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