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100 1 $aGross, Michael L.,$d1954-
245 10 $aMoral dilemmas of modern war :$btorture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict /$cMichael L. Gross.
246 30 $aTorture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axiii, 321 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTorture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict -- Friends, foes, or brothers in arms? the puzzle of combatant equality -- Combatants in asymmetric war -- Shooting to kill : the paradox of prohibited weapons -- Shooting to stun : the paradox of nonlethal warfare -- Murder, self-defense, or execution? the dilemma of assassination -- Human dignity or human life : the dilemmas of torture and rendition -- Noncombatants in asymmetric war -- Blackmailing the innocent : the dilemma of noncombatant immunity -- Killing the innocent : the dilemma of terrorism -- Risking our lives to save others : puzzles of humanitarian intervention -- Conclusion and afterword -- Torture, assassination, and blackmail : new norms for asymmetric conflict? -- The war in Gaza, December 2008 to January 2009.
650 0 $aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMilitary ethics$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMilitary interrogation$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.