Pursuing moral warfare : ethics in American, British, and Israeli counterinsurgency /

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During combat, soldiers make critical split-second choices about matters of life and death dozens of times a day. These individual decisions accumulate to determine the outcome of wars. In this book, Marcus Schulzke examines the theory and practice of how military ethics can guide conduct in counter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schulzke, Marcus (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Military ethics.
Counterinsurgency > Moral and ethical aspects.
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Morale militaire.
Contre-rébellion > Aspect moral.
Guerre > Aspect moral.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Military ethics
War > Moral and ethical aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of military ethics
  • Moral theory and ethics at war
  • Constraints on ethical reasoning in combat
  • Ethical decisions in counterinsurgency operations
  • The US army and virtue ethics : embodying the warrior ethos
  • The US army in Afghanistan and Iraq : warrior virtue in asymmetric wars
  • British military ethics : pragmatism and minimalism
  • The British military's adaptive struggle : adjusting to new challenges
  • The Israel defense forces : on guard against existential threats
  • The ethics of Israeli counterinsurgency operations : navigating the rules of war.

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