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Rules of disengagement : the politics and honor of military dissent / Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohn, Marjorie, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Selective conscientious objection--United States.
- Selective conscientious objection.
- Military ethics--United States.
- Military ethics.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- War.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Soldiers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Soldiers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Sausalito, Calif. : PoliPoint Press ; La Vergne, Tenn. : Distributed by Ingram Publisher Services], c2009.
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rules of Disengagement examines the reasons men and women in the military have disobeyed orders and resisted the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes readers into the courtroom where sailors, soldiers, and Marines have argued that these wars are illegal under international law and unconstitutional under U.S. law. Through the voices of active duty service members and veterans, it explores the growing conviction among our troops that the wars are wrong. While the Obama Administration's pledge to remove all American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 is encouraging - and in no small way likely ...
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- ONE. Resisting Illegal Wars
- TWO. Modern Conscientious Objectors
- THREE. Winter Soldier
- FOUR. Dissent and Disengagement
- FIVE. Challenging Racism
- SIX. Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Military
- SEVEN. The Medical Side of War
- EIGHT. Discharges
- NINE. The Families
- TEN. Conclusion
- Appendix: Resources
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780814762929
- 0814762921
- OCLC:
- 779850088
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