Ethics, law, and military operations

While there are many legal textbooks on the laws of armed conflict and academic works on ethical issues in international relations, this is the first text on the relevance of legal and normative issues in military practice. It covers the entire spectrum of military operations and is written with mil...

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Other Authors: Whetham, David
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Language:English
Published: Hampshire, UK Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 |a Introduction: Purpose, content and structure / David Whetham -- Ethics, law and conflict / David Whetham -- A view from realism / David J. Lonsdale -- A nonviolent challenge to conflict / Alastair McIntosh -- The Just War tradition: a pragmatic compromise / David Whetham -- War law and its intersections / Christopher P. M. Waters -- Law at the operational level / Philip McEvoy -- Civilian protection and force protection / Henry Shue -- The ethical challenges of a complex security environment / Ted van Baarda -- Understanding atrocities: What commanders can do to prevent them / Paolo Tripodi -- To whom does a military medical commander owe a moral duty? / Duncan Blair -- The ethics of nuclear deterrence / Srinath Raghavan -- The ethical and legal challenges of operational command / Peter Wall. 
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