02482cam a2200385 a 4500 15643407 20100423140432.0 090302s2010 enk | b 001 0 eng d 2009008941 GBA999487 bnb 015391262 Uk 9780521866156 (hardback) 0521866154 (hardback) 9780521685108 (paperback) 0521685109 (paperback) (OCoLC)ocn313078350 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP UCDLL C#P BOP CDX OCLCQ UKM DLC n-us--- U22 .G76 2010 172.42 22 GRO Gross, Michael L., 1954- 15638 Moral Dilemmas of Modern War : Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict / Michael L. Gross. Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. xiii, 321 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and 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. Bacca ; War Moral and ethical aspects United States. 15639 Military ethics United States. 15640 Military interrogation Moral and ethical aspects United States. 15641 ddc BB 14324 14324 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN LOW 2010-07-01 purchase 150.00 10485 4 28 172.42 GRO 000021145 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2017-12-11 BB