A tactical ethic : moral conduct in the insurgent battlespace /

Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population. A former SEA...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Couch, Dick, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military ethics.
Guerre > Aspect moral.
Morale militaire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Military ethics
War > Moral and ethical aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population. A former SEAL who led one of the only successful POW rescue operations in Vietnam, Couch warns that the mistakes made in Vietnam forty years ago are being repeated in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the stakes are even higher now. His book takes a critical look at the battlefield conduct of U.S. ground-comb.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 140 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781612514208
1612514200

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