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Book SynopsisThe war on terror is remaking conventional warfare. The protracted battle against a non-state organization, the demise of the confinement of hostilities to an identifiable battlefield, the extensive involvement of civilian combatants, and the development of new and more precise military technologies have all conspired to require a rethinking of the law and morality of war. Just war theory, as traditionally articulated, seems ill-suited to justify many of the practices of the war on terror. The raid against Osama Bin Laden''s Pakistani compound was the highest profile example of this strategy, but the issues raised by this technique cast a far broader net: every week the U.S. military and CIA launch remotely piloted drones to track suspected terrorists in hopes of launching a missile strike against them. In addition to the public condemnation that these attacks have generated in some countries, the legal and moral basis for the use of this technique is problematic. Is the U.S. governmen
Trade Review... a constructive work with a wide purview onto one of the most pressing and difficult policy questions of our time. * Steven J. Barela, Journal of International Criminal Justice *
...Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World is a thought-provoking contribution that takes a refreshingly broad and timely approach in addressing the legal, ethical, and strategic-political dimension of the contemporary debate over targeted killings. * Prof. Dr. Robin Geiß, Global Law Books *
Table of ContentsPREFACE ; PART I: THE CHANGING FACE OF WAR: TARGETING NON-COMBATANTS ; PART II: NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WAR? ; PART III: TARGETED KILLING AND SELF-DEFENSE ; PART IV: EXERCISING JUDGMENT IN TARGETED KILLING DECISIONS ; PART V: UTILITARIAN TRADE-OFFS AND DEONTOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ; INDEX
