Moral dilemmas of modern war [electronic resource] : torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict / Michael L. Gross.
Gross, Michael L., 1954-
2010
U22 .G76 2010eb
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Moral dilemmas of modern war [electronic resource] : torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict / Michael L. Gross.
Author
Gross, Michael L., 1954-
ISBN
9780511656798 (electronic bk.)
9780521866156
9780521685108 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 321 p.)
Call Number
U22 .G76 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
172/.42
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
Friends, foes, or brothers in arms? the puzzle of combatant equality
Part I: 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
Part II: 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
Part III: Conclusion and afterword. Torture, assassination, and blackmail : new norms for asymmetric conflict? ; The war in Gaza, December 2008 to January 2009.

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