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Moral dilemmas of modern war :

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0521866154 (hardback)

9780521685108 (paperback)

0521685109 (paperback)

48652

eng

Moral dilemmas of modern war :

torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict /

Michael L. Gross.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2010.

xiii, 321 p. ;

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.

War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

Military ethics -- United States.

Military interrogation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

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Gross, Michael L.,1954-

گروس، مایکل