عنوان

Democracies at war against terrorism :

(Number (ISBN

0230604560

(Number (ISBN

9780230604568

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b765682

Title Proper

Democracies at war against terrorism :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a comparative perspective /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Samy Cohen ; translated by John Atherton [and others].

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 269 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm.

Series Title

The Sciences Po series in international relations and political economy

Text of Note

"This volume is the outcome of a workshop on 'The Ethics of War and Fight against Terrorism: Democracies Put to the Test' that took place at CERI (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po Paris), on October 2006, with the support of the quarterly journal Critique Internationale."

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Democracies and the ethics of war : the record of the past / François Cochet -- The international laws of war and the fight against terrorism / Emmanuel Decaux -- The French state faced with the Algerian nationalists (1954-1962) : a war against terrorism? / Raphaëlle Branche -- Agents and ambushes : Britain's "Dirty War" in Northern Ireland / Martyn Frampton -- Democracy and norms of war : locating moral responsibility for atrocity in Iraq / Neta C. Crawford -- The British way of warfare and the global war on terror / Alastair Finlan -- Between humanitarian logic and operational effectiveness : how the Israeli army faced the second intifada / Samy Cohen -- The armed forces, power, and society : 18 years of counterinsurgency in Indian Kashmir / Frédéric Grare -- The army of the Fifth Republic and the ethics of war in contemporary conflicts / Bastien Irondelle -- Russia's war in Chechnya : the discourse of counterterrorism and the legitimation of violence / Anne Le Huérou and Amandine Regamay -- Algeria : is an authoritarian regime more effective in combating terrorist movements? / Luis Martinez.

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Text of Note

This book deals with the difficulty democracies face in conducting asymmetric warfare in highly populated areas without violating international humanitarian law. On numerous occasions, democratic nations have been singled out by human rights NGOs for the brutality of their modus operandi, for their inadequate attention to the protection of civilian populations, or for acts of abuse or torture on prisoners. Why do they perpetrate these violations? Do they do so intentionally or unintentionally? Can democracies combat irregular armed groups without violating international law? When their population is under threat, do they behave as non-democracies would? Does this type of war inevitably produce war crimes on a more or less massive scale?

Title

Democracies at war against terrorism.

Title

Democracies at war against terrorism.

Asymmetric warfare-- Moral and ethical aspects, Case studies.

Counterinsurgency-- Moral and ethical aspects, Case studies.

Humanitarian law, Case studies.

Terrorism-- Prevention-- Moral and ethical aspects, Case studies.

Bekämpfung

Demokratie

Humanitarian law.

Terrorism-- Prevention-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Terrorismus

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

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System Code

Atherton, John.

Cohen, Samy.

Date of Transaction

20201206111204.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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