Title Rules of engagement? : a social anatomy of an American war crime -- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq / Stjepan G. Mestrovic

Published New York, NY : Algora Pub., ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 181 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Location of Objective Murray -- Chapter 1. Introducing an Apparently New Form of Combat -- Immersion in the Case -- Chapter 2. Laying Out the Conceptual Tools for the Social Anatomy that Follows -- How to Distinguish Real Sincerity from “Fake Sincerityâ€? in This Case -- Applying Riesmanâ€?s Theory to Motives for Wars -- Postemotional Wars -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: The First Version of Events â€? Mission Accomplished -- Reactions from the Commanding Officers -- Conclusions Chapter 4: The Mediaâ€?s Spin on the Events and Their Echoes in the PastTaking the Easy Path -- Other Coverage by the Media -- Connections to Other Misuses of ROE in Iraq -- Eruptions of Indignation in the Blogosphere -- The Two Sides of the “Black Hawk Downâ€? Media Mythology -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The May 29 Version: Playing It By Ear -- Statement by the Medic, Micah Bivins -- Statement by LT Justin Wehrheim -- Statement by the Squad Leader, SGT Girouard -- Statement by Brandon Andrew Helton -- Statement by William Hunsaker Statement by Thomas A. KempStatement by Leonel Lemus -- Statement by Kevin Ryan -- Statement by Bradley Mason -- Statement by Corey Clagett -- Statement by Juston Graber -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6. The Third Version of Events: Conspiracy, Cunning, and Cold-Blooded Murder -- Statement by Eric Geressy on 15 June 2006 -- Statement by Juston Graber -- Statement by Leonel Lemus -- Statements by Bradley Mason -- Statement by David Neuman on 19 June 2006 -- Statement by Marcus Sandoval on 15 June 2006 -- Statement by William Christy on 19 June Chapter 7. Explaining the Imperfect Crimes at Operation Iron TriangleThe Charges Against Clagett -- The Psychiatric Reports -- Psychological Analysis of Cover-Up and Manipulation -- Internal Consistency in the Psychiatristâ€?s Report -- Consistency With and Within the Social Workerâ€?s Report -- Psychological Analysis of the Sworn Statements that Are Inconsistent with the Initial Version of Events -- Sociological Analysis of the Social Climate -- The Inadequacy of Major Psychological and Sociological Theories for Explaining War Crimes Chapter 8. The Doctrine of Command Responsibility as an Exercise in Fake SincerityFraming the Issue of Command Responsibility -- The Ghosts of Vietnam -- A Forgotten Precedent -- Postemotional Scapegoating -- Conclusions -- Index Summary Blackwater, Abu Ghraib and other scandals in Iraq were presaged by the murderous Operation Iron Triangle in May 2006 when US soldiers were ordered to kill all Iraqis of military age. The soldiers were imprisoned; the officer was merely reprimanded. Mestrovic details the American leadership's fake commitment to the Geneva Conventions and the rule of law, fake due process for defendants, fake goals of promoting democracy, and compulsion to repeat our errors in Vietnam. The Blackwater scandal involved killing unarmed Iraqis in accordance with "rules of engagement" that were apparently similar to the case analyzed in these pages Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st -- Regulations SUBJECT United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st fast Subject Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006. Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Atrocities Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Psychological aspects Prisoners of war -- Iraq -- Såamarråa® Region War crimes -- Iraq -- Såamarråa® Region Soldiers -- Iraq -- Psychology Trials (Military offenses) -- United States HISTORY -- Military. War crimes Trials (Military offenses) Soldiers -- Psychology Social aspects Psychological aspects Prisoners of war Atrocities United States Iraq Genre/Form Rules Form Electronic book LC no. 2008027068 ISBN 9780875866741 0875866743 9780875866734 0875866735 9780875866727 0875866727 9786611793906 6611793909 1281793906 9781281793904

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