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Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword: Urban Operations, Better Be Prepared
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The City and War
1 The Invention of the City
2 The City as Integral to War
3 How Can We Protect Cities in War?
Chapter 1 One Damned Thing after Another: Battle of Narratives and Urban-War Chaos
1 Humankind: Needs and Tensions
2 Chaos to Order
3 Narratives
4 Conflict and Counter-Narratives
5 Open or Urban Warfare: How Many Narratives?
6 But Are We Too Fixated on 'The Narrative'?
7 Conclusions - Truth, Fact, Opinion and Reality?
Chapter 2 Enyo's Wrath: War and the Fate of the City
1 Introduction
2 About the Relation between the City and the War
3 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Virtues for the Smallest Gang?: A Contribution to the Leadership Ethics of Urban Warfare
1 Introduction
2 Tactical and Operational Preliminaries
3 Neutral Cities? A Criticism of Betz and Stanford-Tuck's Smallest Gang Model of Urban Warfare
4 Historical Lessons from German Mission Command
5 Authenticity and Virtuous Military Leadership
Chapter 4 The Kosovo Conflict as a Milestone in International Intervention Practice
1 Introduction
2 The Beginning of the Kosovo Conflict
3 Interactions and Dynamics of Political and Military Actions
4 The Relationship between National Interests and Legitimacy
5 The Kosovo Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect
6 The Kosovo Conflict as a Milestone in International Intervention Practice?
Chapter 5 An Honest Siege: 'Weaponising Honesty' and Non-Lethal Measures in Urban Operations
1 Introduction
2 The Foundations of Ideas
3 Louder than Words
4 Last Resort and Moral Appetites
5 Context-Dependent
6 Other People's Letters.
Chapter 6 Military Necessity, Proportionality, and Discrimination: The Case of Veracruz
1 Military Necessity, Proportionality, and Discrimination
2 Jus in Bello in the Mexican-American War
3 Returning Military Necessity to the Jus in Bello
3.1 What Is Military Necessity?
3.2 Military Necessity as Stewardship
3.3 The Multidimensionality of Military Necessity
4 Jus in Bello and the Bombardment of Veracruz
4.1 Veracruz and Military Necessity
4.2 Veracruz and Proportionality
4.3 Veracruz and Discrimination
5 Conclusion
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Eviction Agents versus Bombardment in Urban War: Context for the Drone Debate
1 Introduction
2 The Growing Challenge of Urban Warfare
2.1 The Nature of Urban Fighting
2.2 Projected-Flame-Throwers
2.3 Chemical Weapons
2.4 Direct Destruction Approaches
2.5 Obscurant Smoke
3 Legal Aspects
4 Ethical Analysis
5 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Preventing another Mosul: Unmanned Weapon Platforms as the Solution to the Tragedy of a Hostage Siege
1 Introduction
2 Battle of Mosul - a Hostage Siege Story
3 Hostage Siege Scenarios - a Problem, the Problem or No Problem?
4 The Unmanned Solution
5 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Can the Robots Save the City?: Ethics, Urban Warfare, and Autonomous Weapons
1 Introduction
2 'War Is Terrible, War Is Necessary'
3 The Value and Constraints of Experimental Wargaming
4 A Wargame Experiment
4.1 Design
4.2 Aim
4.3 Key Findings
5 Conclusion
Chapter 10 Using Military Simulation Games to Promote Critical Thinking and Ethical Discussions Related to Urban Warfare
1 Introduction
2 Educating Cadets, Our Future Officers, on the Ethics of War
3 Our Proposed Method: Military Simulation Games as a Near-to-Real Experience
4 Our Game: Engage in Extremis.
5 The Results of the Simulation or How the War Game Was Actually Played by the Cadets
6 Cadets' Evaluation of the Dilemmas Posed and the Realism of the Operations
7 Conclusion and Discussion
8 Future Work
Editors' Remarks
Index.
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword: Urban Operations, Better Be Prepared
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The City and War
1 The Invention of the City
2 The City as Integral to War
3 How Can We Protect Cities in War?
Chapter 1 One Damned Thing after Another: Battle of Narratives and Urban-War Chaos
1 Humankind: Needs and Tensions
2 Chaos to Order
3 Narratives
4 Conflict and Counter-Narratives
5 Open or Urban Warfare: How Many Narratives?
6 But Are We Too Fixated on 'The Narrative'?
7 Conclusions - Truth, Fact, Opinion and Reality?
Chapter 2 Enyo's Wrath: War and the Fate of the City
1 Introduction
2 About the Relation between the City and the War
3 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Virtues for the Smallest Gang?: A Contribution to the Leadership Ethics of Urban Warfare
1 Introduction
2 Tactical and Operational Preliminaries
3 Neutral Cities? A Criticism of Betz and Stanford-Tuck's Smallest Gang Model of Urban Warfare
4 Historical Lessons from German Mission Command
5 Authenticity and Virtuous Military Leadership
Chapter 4 The Kosovo Conflict as a Milestone in International Intervention Practice
1 Introduction
2 The Beginning of the Kosovo Conflict
3 Interactions and Dynamics of Political and Military Actions
4 The Relationship between National Interests and Legitimacy
5 The Kosovo Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect
6 The Kosovo Conflict as a Milestone in International Intervention Practice?
Chapter 5 An Honest Siege: 'Weaponising Honesty' and Non-Lethal Measures in Urban Operations
1 Introduction
2 The Foundations of Ideas
3 Louder than Words
4 Last Resort and Moral Appetites
5 Context-Dependent
6 Other People's Letters.
Chapter 6 Military Necessity, Proportionality, and Discrimination: The Case of Veracruz
1 Military Necessity, Proportionality, and Discrimination
2 Jus in Bello in the Mexican-American War
3 Returning Military Necessity to the Jus in Bello
3.1 What Is Military Necessity?
3.2 Military Necessity as Stewardship
3.3 The Multidimensionality of Military Necessity
4 Jus in Bello and the Bombardment of Veracruz
4.1 Veracruz and Military Necessity
4.2 Veracruz and Proportionality
4.3 Veracruz and Discrimination
5 Conclusion
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Eviction Agents versus Bombardment in Urban War: Context for the Drone Debate
1 Introduction
2 The Growing Challenge of Urban Warfare
2.1 The Nature of Urban Fighting
2.2 Projected-Flame-Throwers
2.3 Chemical Weapons
2.4 Direct Destruction Approaches
2.5 Obscurant Smoke
3 Legal Aspects
4 Ethical Analysis
5 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Preventing another Mosul: Unmanned Weapon Platforms as the Solution to the Tragedy of a Hostage Siege
1 Introduction
2 Battle of Mosul - a Hostage Siege Story
3 Hostage Siege Scenarios - a Problem, the Problem or No Problem?
4 The Unmanned Solution
5 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Can the Robots Save the City?: Ethics, Urban Warfare, and Autonomous Weapons
1 Introduction
2 'War Is Terrible, War Is Necessary'
3 The Value and Constraints of Experimental Wargaming
4 A Wargame Experiment
4.1 Design
4.2 Aim
4.3 Key Findings
5 Conclusion
Chapter 10 Using Military Simulation Games to Promote Critical Thinking and Ethical Discussions Related to Urban Warfare
1 Introduction
2 Educating Cadets, Our Future Officers, on the Ethics of War
3 Our Proposed Method: Military Simulation Games as a Near-to-Real Experience
4 Our Game: Engage in Extremis.
5 The Results of the Simulation or How the War Game Was Actually Played by the Cadets
6 Cadets' Evaluation of the Dilemmas Posed and the Realism of the Operations
7 Conclusion and Discussion
8 Future Work
Editors' Remarks
Index.