Moral dilemmas of modern war: torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
Michael L. Gross
Moral dilemmas of modern war: torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
Author
Michael L. GrossPublisher
Cambridge University PressEdition 1
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Moral dilemmas of modern war: torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict / Michael L. GrossPublication Details
کمبریج : Cambridge University Press، 2010مPhysical Description
xiii, 321 p.; 24 cm.Subject
War - United States Moral and ethical aspectsMilitary ethics - United States
Military interrogation - United States Moral and ethical aspects
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Includes bibliographical references and index.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