Military ethics : reflections on principles--the profession of arms, military leadership, ethical practices, war and morality, educating the citizen-soldier.

Other author Wakin, Malham M.
Other author Wenker, Kenneth H.
Other author Kempf, James.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : National Defense University Press, 1987.
Descriptionxiii, 250 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents pt. 1. The profession of arms. Professionals or hired guns? Loyalties are the difference / Manuel M. Davenport ; A code of ethics for officers / Richard T. DeGeorge -- pt. 2. Military leadership. Machiavelli, management, and moral leadership / James B. Stockdale; Ethical aspects of the exercise of command / Roger L. Shinn; Ethics and the military organization / Manuel M. Davenport; Morality and the military profession: problems and solutions / Charles W. Hudlin -- pt. 3. Ethical practices. Legitimate avenues of military protest in a democratic society / Richard A. Gabriel; Waiting for Euripides / Alfred Kern; Why don't we follow the rules? / Philip A. Johnson; The ethics of the electronic revolution: implications for the US Air Force / William J. Wallisch -- pt. 4. War and morality. Nuclear deterrence-its moral and political implications / Noel Gayler; Morality in targeting objects of military value: a response / Paul R. Viotti -- Military necessity and morality / Kenneth H. Wenker; War games / Joseph V. Potter; On Machiavelli and Vietnam / William E. McCarron -- pt.5. Educating the citizen-soldier. Literary perception of the American military; Humanities at the Hanoi Hilton / Alfred Kern; Education for leadership and survival: the role of the pressure cooler / James B. Stockdale.
General note"Collection ... assembled through the efforts of Colonel Malham Wakin, Colonel Kenneth Wenker, and Captain James Kempf"--P. xiii.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographies.
Issued in other formOnline version: Military ethics. Washington, DC : National Defense University Press, 1987
Issued in other formOnline version: Military ethics. Washington, DC : National Defense University Press, 1987
LCCN 87016778
GPO item number378-H-1
Govt. docs number D 5.402:M 59/3
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