Christopher Coker

Ethics and War in the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores ethical implications of war in contemporary world. This title explains why it is of crucial importance that Western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices in war, even when engaging with international terrorist groups. It examines America's post-9/11 redefinition of its own prevailing discourse of war.

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This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. It explains why it is of crucial importance that western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices, even when engaging with terrorist groups.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780415452809
• ISBN-10: 0415452805
• Artikelnr.: 25007493

Autorenporträt

Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations, LSE and Visiting Professor at the Staff College, Oslo. He is the author of many books on war, most recently 'The Warrior Ethos' (Routledge 2007). He is a former NATO Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fighting Terrorism 1.1 A New Discourse on War? 1.2 Richard Rorty and the
Ethics of War 2. Etiquettes of Atrocity 2.1 Etiquettes of Atrocity 2.2
Discourses on War 2.3 Keeping the Discourse: The United States and Vietnam
2.4 Carl Schmitt and the Theory of the Partisan 3. Changing the Discourse
3.1 Germany and the Eastern Front 1941-5 3.2 France and Algeria 1955-8 3.3
Israel and the Intifada 3.4 Conclusion 4. A New Discourse? 4.1 The War on
Terror - Is it a War? 4.2 Excluding Unlawful Combatants 4.3 Network Warfare
4.4 Networked Ethics 5. Grammars of Killing 5.1 Grammars of Killing 5.2
Respecting our Enemies 5.3 Non-Lethal Weapons 6. The Unconditional
Imperative 6.1 Jaspers and the Warrior Ethos 6.2 The Micromanagement of the
Battlefield 6.3 Corporate Warriors? 6.4 Asimov's Children 7. Back to the
Greeks 7.1 Back to the Greeks? 7.2 Simone Weil and The Iliad 7.3 Thucydides
and the Melian Dialogue 7.4 What's he to Hecuba? 8. The Heuristics of Fear