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100 1 _aGross, Michael L.,
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245 1 0 _aMoral Dilemmas of Modern War :
_bTorture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict /
_cMichael L. Gross.
246 3 0 _aTorture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _axiii, 321 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aTorture, 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.
541 _aBacca ;
650 0 _aWar
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zUnited States.
_915639
650 0 _aMilitary ethics
_zUnited States.
_915640
650 0 _aMilitary interrogation
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zUnited States.
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