The moral dimension of asymmetrical warfare counter-terrorism, democratic values and military ethics / by Th. A. van Baarda and D.E.M. Verweij (eds.) ; with a foreword by Richard Dannett.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff,
Descriptionxi, 529 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Asymmetric warfare--Moral and ethical aspects. --Congresses.
Counterinsurgency--Moral and ethical aspects. --Congresses.
Terrorism--Prevention. --Moral and ethical aspects. --Congresses.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--Moral and ethical aspects. --Congresses.
Military ethics--Congresses.
Democracy--Congresses.

Other author/creatorBaarda, Ted van.
Other author/creatorVerweij, Désirée.
Other author/creatorNederlandse Defensie Academie.
Other author/creatorNetherlands Institute for Military Ethics.
Contents The moral dimension of asymmetrical warfare : an introduction / Ted van Baarda -- Questioning the resort to U.S. hegemonic military force / Harry van der Linden -- Asymmetric air war : ethical implications / Martin L. Cook and Mark Conversino -- Reframing asymmetrical warfare : beyond the just war idea / Thomas Frank -- Armed intervention and democratic dreams : small western liberal democracies and multinational intervention / Allard Wagemaker -- Asymmetric warfare and morality : from moral asymmetry to amoral symmetry? / Carl Ceulemans -- Military operations by armed UN peacekeeping missions : an application of generalized just war principles / John W. Lango -- The moral dimension of asymmetrical warfare : accountability, culpability and military effectiveness / Daren Bowyer -- British leaders and irregular warfare / David Benest -- The lesson avoided : the official legacy of the My Lai massacre / Lawrence P. Rockwood -- Culpability : senior leaders have dirty hands / Donald A. MacCuish -- Between violence and restraint : human rights, humanitarian considerations, and the Israeli military in the al-Aqsa intifada / Eyal Ben-Ari -- The phenomenon of Breaking the Silence in Israel : "witnessing" as consciousness raising strategy of Israeli ex-combatants / Erella Grassiani --
Contents Ethics in the core of officer education : some philosophical aspects for curriculum transformation / Jarmo Toiskallio -- Why people make the wrong choices : the psychology of ethical failure / J. Peter Bradley -- (Dis)respecting the law of armed conflict in asymmetrical warfare? : a consequentialist approach to a consequentialist question / Daniel S. Blocq -- Moral dynamics in culture centric warfare / Patrick Mileham -- Dilemmas in the employment of combat stress-related clinical research : the imperative of prevention / Eric Vermetten -- Politics, media and war coverage : an indexed relation? / Javier G. Marín and Óscar G. Luengo -- Asymmetrical warfare and modern digital media : an old concept changed by new technology? / Uroš Svete -- Security versus liberty? : ethical lessons from post-9/11 American counter-terrorist security politics / Wim Smit -- Saying no to torture : a moral absolute, self-righteous or just naive? / Maureen Ramsay -- Dirty war, or : how democracies can lose in the fight against terrorism / Asta Maskaliūnaitė -- Human dignity in the era of counter-terrorism / Ted van Baarda and Désiree Verweij.
General note"Report of an international conference hosted by the Ministry for Defence of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Defence Academy."
General note"Publication of the Netherlands Institute for Military Ethics (NIME)."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2009029040
ISBN9789004171299 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9004171290 (hardback : alk. paper)

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