Ethics, Law and Military Operations

ISBN-13: 9780230221703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

David Whetham

Opis

While there are many legal textbooks on the laws of armed conflict and academic works on ethical issues in international relations, this is the first text on the relevance of legal and normative issues in military practice. It covers the entire spectrum of military operations and is written with military deicision-makers particularly in mind."

Spis treści

Introduction Purpose Content and Structure Ethics, Law and Military Operations A View From Realism A Nonviolent Challenge to Conflict The Just War Tradition A Pragmatic Compromise War Law and its Intersections Law at the Operational Level Civilian Protection and Force Protection The Ethical Challenge of the Complex Security Environment Understanding Atrocities: What Commanders Should do to Prevent Them To Whom Does a Military Medical Commander Owe a Moral Duty? The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence The Ethical and Legal Challenges of Operational Command.

O autorze

DAVID WHETHAM is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, King's College London, UK and is based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in the UK Defence Academy. His research focuses on the ethical dimensions of warfare and the development of the laws of war.

Blurb

Public anger at perceived ethical and legal failures in recent wars has reinforced the importance of understanding military ethics. Ethics, Law and Military Operations is one of the first texts to examine both the ethical and the legal considerations of contemporary military conflict. It adopts a practical approach to explore the ways in which legal and normative issues combine to affect the entire spectrum of military operations, from high-intensity conflict to peacekeeping activities and the provision of humanitarian aid.

With an operational perspective in mind, this text delivers accessible frameworks for evaluating and applying fundamental legal and ethical concepts. Written by an international team of military practitioners and academics, this book provides interdisciplinary insights into the major issues facing military decision-makers. The first half of the book explores the ethical and legal underpinnings of warfare. Later chapters use case studies to examine specific issues in the contemporary operating environment.