Moral dilemmas of modern war torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict /

Gross, Michael L. (1954-....)

Moral dilemmas of modern war torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict / [Texte imprimé] : Michael L. Gross - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 - 1 vol. (XIII-321 p.) ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 301-309

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

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War Military ethics Military interrogation

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