Debating Targeted Killing

Author : Tamar Meisels
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019090691X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Targeted Killing written by Tamar Meisels and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this "For & Against" book, Jeremy Waldron and Tamar Meisels defend competing positions on the legitimacy of targeted killing. The volume begins with a joint introduction, briefly setting out the terms of discussion, and presenting a short historical overview of the practice --i.e., what is targeted killing, and how has it been used in which conflicts and by whom. The debate opens with Meisels' defense of targeted killing as a legitimate and desirable defensive anti-terrorism strategy, in keeping with both just war theory and international law. Meisels unreservedly defends the named killing of irregular combatants, most notably terrorists, during armed conflict. Additionally, she offers a possible moral justification for rare instances of assassination outside that framework, specifically with reference to recent cases of nuclear scientists developing weapons of mass destruction for the Iranian and Syrian governments The debate continues with Waldron's arguments focusing on the dangers and the inherent wrongness of governments' having the right to maintain death lists-lists of named individuals who are to be hunted down and killed. Waldron notes the many differences between individualized targeting and ordinary combat and he resists the attempt to assimilate targeted killing to killings in combat. Waldron also cautions us to consider carefully what a world of targeted killings will be like, the many abuses it is liable to, and why we should be very cautious, morally and strategically, in our thinking about it"--

Author : MEISELS & WALDRON.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190906955
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DEBATING TARGETED KILLING written by MEISELS & WALDRON. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199646481
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Targeted Killings written by Claire Oakes Finkelstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversy surrounding targeted killings represents a crisis of conscience for policymakers, lawyers and philosophers grappling with the moral and legal limits of the war on terror. This text examines the legal and philosophical issues raised by government efforts to target suspected terrorists.

Author : Nils Melzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199533164
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Targeted Killing in International Law written by Nils Melzer and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the international lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings in military and police operations. Analysing recent state practice and jurisprudence, it establishes when targeted killing may be considered lawful, and what legal restraints are imposed on the practice in times of war and peace.

Author : Thomas B. Hunter
Publisher : Thomas Hunter
ISBN 13 : 143925205X
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Targeted Killing written by Thomas B. Hunter and published by Thomas Hunter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an objective, strategic assessment of the role, usefulness, and logistical concerns posed by state-sponsored targeted killing and its overall efficiency in the current war on global terrorism.

Author : Claire Finkelstein
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191625906
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Targeted Killings written by Claire Finkelstein and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war on terror is remaking conventional warfare. The protracted battle against a non-state organization, the demise of the confinement of hostilities to an identifiable battlefield, the extensive involvement of civilian combatants, and the development of new and more precise military technologies have all conspired to require a rethinking of the law and morality of war. Just war theory, as traditionally articulated, seems ill-suited to justify many of the practices of the war on terror. The raid against Osama Bin Laden's Pakistani compound was the highest profile example of this strategy, but the issues raised by this technique cast a far broader net: every week the U.S. military and CIA launch remotely piloted drones to track suspected terrorists in hopes of launching a missile strike against them. In addition to the public condemnation that these attacks have generated in some countries, the legal and moral basis for the use of this technique is problematic. Is the U.S. government correct that nations attacked by terrorists have the right to respond in self-defense by targeting specific terrorists for summary killing? Is there a limit to who can legitimately be placed on the list? There is also widespread disagreement about whether suspected terrorists should be considered combatants subject to the risk of lawful killing under the laws of war or civilians protected by international humanitarian law. Complicating the moral and legal calculus is the fact that innocent bystanders are often killed or injured in these attacks. This book addresses these issues. Featuring chapters by an unrivalled set of experts, it discusses all aspects of targeted killing, making it unmissable reading for anyone interested in the implications of this practice.

Author : Kenneth R. Himes, OFM
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442231572
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drones and the Ethics of Targeted Killing written by Kenneth R. Himes, OFM and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drones have become an essential part of U.S. national security strategy, but most Americans know little about how they are used, and we receive conflicting reports about their outcomes. In Drones and the Ethics of Targeted Killing, ethicist Kenneth R. Himes provides not only an overview of the role of drones in national security but also an important exploration of the ethical implications of drone warfare—from the impact on terrorist organizations and civilians to how piloting drones shapes soldiers. Targeted killings have played a role in politics from ancient times through today, so the ethical challenges around how to protect against threats are not new. Himes leads readers through the ethics of targeted killings in history from ancient times to the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then looks specifically at the new issues raised through the use of drones. This book is a powerful look at a pressing topic today.

Author : Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197760155
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction written by Antulio J. Echevarria II and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Antulio J. Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them. This second edition has been updated to include an expanded chapter on manipulation through cyberwarfare and new further reading.

Author : Kyle Grayson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317238974
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Politics of Targeted Killing written by Kyle Grayson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deployment of remotely piloted air platforms (RPAs) - or drones - has become a defining feature of contemporary counter-insurgency operations. Scholarly analysis and public debate has primarily focused on two issues: the legality of targeted killing and whether the practice is effective at disrupting insurgency networks, and the intensive media and activist scrutiny of the policy processes through which targeted killing decisions have been made. While contributing to these ongoing discussions, this book aims to determine how targeted killing has become possible in contemporary counter-insurgency operations undertaken by liberal regimes. Each chapter is oriented around a problematisation that has shaped the cultural politics of the targeted killing assemblage. Grayson argues that in order to understand how specific forms of violence become prevalent, it is important to determine how problematisations that enable them are shaped by a politico-cultural system in which culture operates in conjunction with technological, economic, governmental, and geostrategic elements. The book also demonstrates that the actors involved - what they may be attempting to achieve through the deployment of this form of violence, how they attempt to achieve it, and where they attempt to achieve it - are also shaped by culture. The book demonstrates how the current social relations prevalent in liberal societies contain the potential for targeted killing as a normal rather than extraordinary practice. It will be of great use for academic specialists and graduate students in international studies, geography, sociology, cultural studies and legal studies.

Author : Amos N. Guiora
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199333288
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legitimate Target written by Amos N. Guiora and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Legitimate Target: a Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing', Amos Guiora proposes that targeted killing decisions must reflect consideration of four distinct elements: law policy, morality, and operational details, thus ensuring that it complies with principles of domestic and international laws.