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Partly cloudy : ethics in war, espionage, covert action, and interrogation / David L. Perry.
LIBRA U22 .P45 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, David L., 1959-
- Series:
- Scarecrow professional intelligence education ; 6.
- Scarecrow professional intelligence education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military ethics--United States.
- Military ethics.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- War.
- Espionage, American--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Espionage, American.
- Military interrogation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Military interrogation.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 247 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation explores a number of wrenching ethical issues and challenges faced by military and intelligence personnel. David L. Perry provides a robust and practical approach to analyzing ethical issues in war and intelligence operations and applies careful reasoning to issues of vital importance today, such as torturing detainees, employing espionage to penetrate terrorist cells, mounting covert action to undermine the power of hostile regimes, using discrimination and proportionality in military operations, avoiding atrocities in combat and counterinsurgency, and cultivating moral wisdom.
- Partly Cloudy is primarily intended to inform the ethical deliberations of U.S. military and intelligence officers, as well as relevant policymakers and lawmakers in our executive and legislative branches. But it will also be of interest to any citizen who cares about the ethical challenges faced by public servants. In addition, instructors will find this book useful in courses on normative or practical ethics, political philosophy, political science, military leadership, intelligence studies, and international relations.
- Contents:
- An introduction to ethical reasoning
- Comparative religious perspectives on war
- Just and unjust war in Shakespeare's Henry V
- Anticipating and preventing atrocities in war
- The CIA's original "social contract"
- The KGB: CIA's traditional adversary
- Espionage
- Covert action
- Interrogation
- Concluding reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780810867581
- 0810867583
- 9780810863064
- 0810863065
- OCLC:
- 283802800
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