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Ethics, technology, and the American way of war : cruise missiles and US security policy / Reuben E. Brigety II.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brigety, Reuben E., II (Reuben Earl), 1973-
- Series:
- Contemporary security studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military policy.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Tomahawk (Guided missile).
- Limited war.
- United States--Foreign relations--1993-2001.
- International relations.
- United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 170 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Summary:
- A new investigation into how the advent of precision-guided munitions affects the likelihood of US policy makers to use force. As such, this is an inquiry into the impact of ethics, strategy and military technology on the decision calculus of national leaders. Following the first Gulf War in 1991, this new study shows how US Presidents increasingly used stand-off precision guided munitions (or PGMs
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Humanity as a weapon of war
- Limited war in American strategic thought
- Tomahawk: history, technology and strategy
- Operation Southern Watch - January 1993
- Operation Bushwacker - June 1993
- Operation Deliberate Force - September 1995
- Operation Desert Strike - September 1996
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-160) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415770645
- 9780415770644
- 0203088921
- 9780203088920
- OCLC:
- 74029291
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