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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schulzke, Marcus (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Military ethics.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Guerre > Aspect moral.
Contre-rebellion > Aspect moral.
Morale militaire.
Counterinsurgency > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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