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The American way of bombing : changing ethical and legal norms, from flying fortresses to drones /

Aerial bombardment remains important to military strategy, but the norms governing bombing and the harm it imposes on civilians have evolved. The past century has seen everything from deliberate attacks against rebellious villagers by Italian and British colonial forces in the Middle East to scrupul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Evangelista, Matthew, 1958- (Editor ), Shue, Henry (Editor ), Biddle, Tami Davis, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historical and theoretical perspectives
  • Strategic bombardment: expectation, theory, and practice in the early 20th century / Tami Davis Biddle
  • Bombing civilians after World War II: the persistence of norms against targeting civilians in the Korean war / Sahr Conway-Lanz
  • Targeting civilians and US strategic bombing norms: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? / Neta C. Crawford
  • The law applies, but which law? a consumer guide to the laws of war / Charles Garraway
  • Interpreting, criticizing, and creating legal restrictions
  • Clever or clueless? observations about bombing norm debates / Charles J. Dunlap, Jr
  • The American way of bombing and international law: two logics of warfare in tension / Janina Dill
  • Force protection, military advantage, and constant care for civilians: the 1991 bombing of Iraq / Henry Shue
  • Civilian deaths and American power: three lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan / Richard W. Miller
  • Constructing new norms
  • Proportionality and restraint on the use of force: the role of nongovernmental organizations / Margarita H. Petrova
  • Toward an anthropology of drones: remaking space, time, and valor in combat / Hugh Gusterson
  • What's wrong with drones? the battlefield in international humanitarian law / Klem Ryan
  • Banning autonomous killing: the legal and ethical requirement that humans make near-time lethal decisions / Mary Ellen O'Connell.