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Gross, Michael L., 1954-

Moral Dilemmas of Modern War : Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict / Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict Michael L. Gross. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xiii, 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780521866156 (hardback) 0521866154 (hardback) 9780521685108 (paperback) 0521685109 (paperback)

LCCN: 2009008941

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA999487 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015391262 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Military ethics--United States.
Military interrogation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

LC Class. No.: U22 / .G76 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 172.42 / GRO