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PART I The superpower and asymmetry PART II Jus ad bellum, jus in bello, jus post bellum PART III Leadership and accountability PART IV Soldiers' perspectives PART V Ethical Education and Decision-making for the Military PART VI Stress and trauma PART VII The media PART VIII Democracy under Scrutiny PART IX In Hindsight

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Author:   Th.A. van Baarda ,  D.E.M. Verweij
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.008kg
ISBN:  

9789004171299

ISBN 10:   9004171290
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   30 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I The superpower and asymmetry Chapter 1 Questioning the Resort to U.S. Hegemonic Military Force Harry van der Linden Chapter 2 Asymmetric Air War: Ethical Implications Martin L. Cook and Mark Conversino* PART II Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello, Jus post Bellum: Rethinking the Just War Tradition Chapter 3 Reframing Asymmetrical Warfare: Beyond the Just War Idea Thomas Frank Chapter 4 Armed Intervention and Democratic Dreams: Small Western Liberal Democracies and Multinational Intervention Allard Wagemaker Chapter 5 Asymmetric Warfare and Morality: From Moral Asymmetry to Amoral Symmetry? Carl Ceulemans Chapter 6 Military operations by armed UN peace-keeping missions: An application of generalized just war principles John W. Lango PART III Leadership and accountability Chapter 6 The Moral Dimension of Asymmetrical Warfare: Accountability, Culpability and Military Effectiveness Daren Bowyer Chapter 8 British Leaders and Irregular Warfare David Benest Chapter 9 The Lesson Avoided: The Official Legacy of the My Lai Massacre Lawrence P. Rockwood Chapter 10 Culpability - Senior Leaders Have Dirty Hands Donald A. MacCuish PART IV Soldiers' perspectives Chapter 11 Between Violence and Restraint: Human Rights, Humanitarian Considerations, and the Israeli Military in the Al-Aqsa Intifada Eyal Ben-Ari Chapter 12 The Phenomenon of Breaking the Silence in Israel: Witnessing as Consciousness Raising Strategy of Israeli Excombatants Erella Grassiani PART V Ethical Education and Decision-making for the Military Chapter 13 Ethics in the Core of Officer Education: Some Philosophical Aspects for Curriculum Transformation Jarmo Toiskallio Chapter 14 Why People Make the Wrong Choices - The Psychology of Ethical Failure J. Peter Bradley Chapter 15 (Dis)respecting the Law of Armed Conflict in Asymmetrical Warfare?: A Consequentialist Approach to a Consequentialist Question Daniel S. Blocq Chapter 16 Moral Dynamics in Culture Centric Warfare Patrick Mileham PART VI Stress and trauma Chapter 17 Dilemmas in the Employment of Combat Stress-related Clinical Research - the Imperative of Prevention Eric Vermetten PART VII The media Chapter 18 Politics, Media and War Coverage: an Indexed Relation? Javier G. Marin and Oscar G. Luengo Chapter 19 Asymmetrical Warfare and Modern Digital Media: An Old Concept Changed by New Technology? Uros Svete PART VIII Democracy under Scrutiny Chapter 20 Security versus Liberty?:Ethical Lessons from Post-9/11 American Counter-Terrorist Security Politics Wim Smit Chapter 21 Saying no to torture: a moral absolute, self-righteous or just naive? Maureen Ramsay Chapter 22 Dirty War, or: How Democracies Can Lose in the Fight against Terrorism Asta Maskaliunaite PART IX In Hindsight Chapter 23 Human Dignity in the Era of Counter-terrorism Ted van Baarda and Desiree Verweij.

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