Precision-guided munitions and human suffering in war
This book seeks to answer the question: Do precision-guided munitions (PGMs) mitigate suffering in war, and have these weapons changed the way decisions regarding war and peace have been made? Answering this question helps us understand possible shifts in emphasis in modern warfare, both in terms of...
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Routledge Ashgate
2012
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| 100 | 1 | |a Hickey, James E. |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Precision-guided munitions and human suffering in war |c James E. Hickey | |
| 264 | 1 | |a London |b Routledge |b Ashgate |c 2012 | |
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| 300 | |a xiii, 251 pages |c 24 cm | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Military and defence ethics | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- 1. Purposeful Violence: Underlying Causes and the Continuum of Human Responses -- 2. Technology in War: An Evolving Role But With Voices Raised in Warning -- 3. Measuring the Impact:A Comprehensive Framework -- 4. Vietnam: Viable Precision Emerges -- 5. Desert Storm: An Image of Perfect Precision? -- 6. The Balkans: Perfect Precision Attained? -- 7. Contingency Strikes: Expanded Political-Military Action Enabled By Precision -- 8. In The Final Analysis: Summary with Contemporary Reflections and Conclusions. | |
| 520 | |a This book seeks to answer the question: Do precision-guided munitions (PGMs) mitigate suffering in war, and have these weapons changed the way decisions regarding war and peace have been made? Answering this question helps us understand possible shifts in emphasis in modern warfare, both in terms of methods employed and of the greater concern placed on limiting human suffering during conflict. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Precision guided munitions | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Air warfare |x Decision making | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bombing, Aerial |x Moral and ethical aspects | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Military ethics | |
| 650 | 0 | |a just war doctrine | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Precision guided munitions |z United States |x History | |
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