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| Genre/Form: | Kongress Paris (2006) Case studies |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Democracies at war against terrorism. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (OCoLC)607893032 Online version: Democracies at war against terrorism. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 (OCoLC)609030160 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Samy Cohen; John Atherton; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780230604568 0230604560 |
| OCLC Number: | 191846925 |
| Notes: | "This volume is the outcome of a workshop on 'The Ethics of War and Fight against Terrorism: Democracies Put to the Test' that took place at CERI (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po Paris), on October 2006, with the support of the quarterly journal Critique Internationale." |
| Description: | vi, 269 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Democracies and the ethics of war : the record of the past / François Cochet -- The international laws of war and the fight against terrorism / Emmanuel Decaux -- The French state faced with the Algerian nationalists (1954-1962) : a war against terrorism? / Raphaëlle Branche -- Agents and ambushes : Britain's "Dirty War" in Northern Ireland / Martyn Frampton -- Democracy and norms of war : locating moral responsibility for atrocity in Iraq / Neta C. Crawford -- The British way of warfare and the global war on terror / Alastair Finlan -- Between humanitarian logic and operational effectiveness : how the Israeli army faced the second intifada / Samy Cohen -- The armed forces, power, and society : 18 years of counterinsurgency in Indian Kashmir / Frédéric Grare -- The army of the Fifth Republic and the ethics of war in contemporary conflicts / Bastien Irondelle -- Russia's war in Chechnya : the discourse of counterterrorism and the legitimation of violence / Anne Le Huérou and Amandine Regamay -- Algeria : is an authoritarian regime more effective in combating terrorist movements? / Luis Martinez. |
| Series Title: | CERI series in international relations and political economy. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Samy Cohen ; translated by John Atherton ... [et al.]. |
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Asymmetric war poses unique challenges to governments of all stripes. How should governments respond when their enemies use the rules governing war to their advantage by directly targeting and then hiding among the civilian population? This excellent new book draws from a historically and geographically diverse range of cases to shed new light on the practical moral dilemmas that confront decision-makers. It shows that governments can and do respond in different ways and helps highlight the factors that enable and inhibit recourse to rule-breaking behaviours such as torture or a lax attitude towards civilian casualties. Blending ethical insight with practical analysis, this is a must read for all those interested in the dilemmas of using force in the twenty-first century. --Alexander Bellamy, Professor, Department of Politics, University of Queensland, Australia This most welcome book explores the empirical conditions under which an ethics of some sort is justified and imple
