Moral dilemmas of modern war: Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict

Michael L. Gross

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511811562

Moral dilemmas of modern war: Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict

Michael L. Gross

School of Political Sciences

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Abstract

Asymmetric conflict is changing the way that we practise and think about war. Torture, rendition, assassination, blackmail, extortion, direct attacks on civilians, and chemical weapons are all finding their way to the battlefield despite longstanding international prohibitions.

Original language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Number of pages	321
ISBN (Electronic)	9780511811562
ISBN (Print)	9780521866156
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511811562
State	Published - 1 Jan 2009

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© Michael L. Gross 2010.

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Moral dilemmas of modern war: Torture, assassination, and blackmail in an age of asymmetric conflict

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