Topics in this volume reflect both perennial and pressing contemporary issues in the ethics of the use of military force and are written by established professionals and respected commentators.
This Companion provides scholars and graduates, serving and retired military professionals, members of the diplomatic and policy communities concerned with security affairs, and legal professionals who deal with military law and with international law on armed conflicts, with a …
This Companion provides scholars and graduates, serving and retired military professionals, members of the diplomatic and policy communities concerned with security affairs, and legal professionals who deal with military law and with international law on armed conflicts, with a …
Shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.
'How We Fight' contains ten groundbreaking essays by some of the leading philosophers of war, offering new perspectives on key debates including pacifism, punitive justifications for war, the distribution of risk between combatants and non-combatants, the structure of 'just war …
Rule of Law in War places international law at the centre of the transformation of United States counterinsurgency (COIN) that occurred during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It claims international law matters more than is often assumed and more than we have previously been able…
"Starting from the observation that soldier participation in violence varies, this book looks into the dynamics of small military units to show how shifting modes of military control shape patterns of participation in violence in counterinsurgency"--
"Starting from the observation that soldier participation in violence varies, this book looks into the dynamics of small military units to show how shifting modes of military control shape patterns of participation in violence in counterinsurgency"--.
What explains differences in soldier participation in violence during irregular war? How do ordinary men become professional wielders of force, and when does this transformation falter or fail? This volume presents a theoretical framework for understanding the various forms of b…
"Starting from the observation that soldier participation in violence varies, this book looks into the dynamics of small military units to show how shifting modes of military control shape patterns of participation in violence in counterinsurgency"--
"Starting from the observation that soldier participation in violence varies, this book looks into the dynamics of small military units to show how shifting modes of military control shape patterns of participation in violence in counterinsurgency"--
"Starting from the observation that soldier participation in violence varies, this book looks into the dynamics of small military units to show how shifting modes of military control shape patterns of participation in violence in counterinsurgency"--
"This is an edited collection of essays on the changing character of military professionalism and the role of ethics in the 21st century military. The authors are uniformed military, academics, and non-uniformed professionals on the battlefield, and they look at the concepts of …
This is an edited collection of essays on the changing character of military professionalism and the role of ethics in the 21st century military. The authors are uniformed military, academics, and non-uniformed professionals on the battlefield, and they look at the concepts of S…