Outsourcing War : The Just War Tradition in the Age of Military Privatization /

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Recent decades have seen an increasing reliance on private military contractors (PMCs) to provide logistical services, training, maintenance, and combat troops. This book examines the ethical implications involved in the widespread use of PMCs, and in particular questions whether they can fit within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eckert, Amy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Militär etik.
Krig > etik och moral.
Legosoldater > etik och moral.
Privata säkerhetsföretag > etik och moral.
Privata militära företag > etik och moral.
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military ethics.
Just war doctrine.
LAW > Military.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Guerre > Aspect moral.
Morale militaire.
Guerre juste.
Mercenaires > Aspect moral.
Services prives de securite > Aspect moral.
Societes militaires privees > Aspect moral.
Mercenary troops > Moral and ethical aspects.
Private security services > Moral and ethical aspects.
Private military companies > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Recent decades have seen an increasing reliance on private military contractors (PMCs) to provide logistical services, training, maintenance, and combat troops. This book examines the ethical implications involved in the widespread use of PMCs, and in particular questions whether they can fit within customary ways of understanding the ethical prosecution of warfare.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781501703577

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