Moral dilemmas of modern war
Subtitle: torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
By: Michael L. Gross.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521866156; 9780521685108
Subjects: War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Military ethics -- United States; Military interrogation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Torture, assassination, and blackmail in modern, asymmetric conflict; title: Friends, foes or brothers in arms : the puzzle of combatant equality; title: Dilemmas and paradoxes of combatancy; title: Shooting to kill : the paradox of prohibited weapons; title: Shooting to stun : the paradox of nonlethal warfare; title: Murder, self-defense or execution : the dilemma of assassination; title: Human dignity or human life : the dilemmas of torture; title: Dilemmas and paradoxes of noncombatancy; title: Blackmailing the innocent : the dilemma of noncombatant immunity; title: Killing the innocent : the dilemma of terror; title: Risking our lives to save others : the paradox (and dilemma) of humanitarian intervention; title: Torture, assassination, and blackmail : new norms for asymmetric conflict.