U.S. military operations : law, policy, and practice / edited by Geoffrey S. Corn, Rachel E. VanLandingham and Shane R. Reeves ; foreword by General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army, retired.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corn, Geoffrey S., editor.

VanLandingham, Rachel E., editor.

Reeve, Shane R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military law--United States.

Military law.

United States.

War (International law).

Physical Description:

xv, 862 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

United States military operations

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

In U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice, a distinguished group of military legal experts provide important insight into how law is influences the conduct of all military operations, both in peacetime and in war. The text covers a range of operational issues to include: legal challenges inherent in special operations; legal complexities of coalition operations; legal regulation of military cyber-defense measures how military lawyers advise commanders making life and death target engagement decisions; the important military interaction with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the role military justice play in ensuring disciplined military operations; and how military commanders leverage claims authority to contribute to mission accomplishment. Written by authors whose expertise includes both content and implementation of the law, they offer insight into not just the what, but the equally important how at why of legal regulation of military operations. Book jacket.

Contents:

The U.S. judge advocate in contemporary military operations : counsel, conscience, advocate, consigliere, or all of the above? / Renn Gade

Modern weapons and the law of armed conflict / Dave Wallace and Shane R. Reeves

Legal classification of military operations / Geoffrey S. Corn

The jus ad bellum / Geoffrey S. Corn

Military cyberspace operations / Gary D. Brown, Paul Walker, and Anthony W. Bell III

Targeting and the law of armed conflict / Gary P. Corn, James Dapper, and Winston Williams

Developing rules of engagement : operationalizing law, policy and military imperatives at the strategic level / Gary P. Corn

Tactical implementation of rules of engagement in a multinational force reality / Jody M. Prescott

Detention operations : a strategic view / Sandra L. Hodgkinson

Detention operations at the tactical and operational levels : a procedural approach / Jeffrey Bovarnick and Jack Vrett

Multinational operations / Richard C. Gross and Ian Henderson

Modern U.S. military operations and the International Committee of the Red Cross : the Department of Defense's unique relationship with the guardian of international humanitarian law / Rachel E. VanLandingham

Environmental law in military operations / Mark P. Nevitt

Soldiers in combat and military justice / Charles N. Pede

Operational claims / Jim Barkei

Intelligence law / Richard M. Whitaker

Legal issues in special operations / Matthew R. Grant and Todd C. Huntley

Medical operations / Geoffrey S. Corn

Belligerent occupation / Marc Warren

United nations peace operations : creating space for peace / Chris Jenks

Maritime interdiction operations / Stephanie Smart

Weapons of mass destruction : issues and implications for national security lawyers / Todd W. Pennington

Defense support of civil authorities responding to natural and man-made disasters / Kevin H. Govern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199328574

0199328579

9780190456634

0190456639

OCLC:

908250523