A tactical ethic : moral conduct in the insurgent battlespace / Dick Couch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couch, Dick, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Military ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population. A former SEAL who led one of the only successful POW rescue operations in Vietnam, Couch warns that the mistakes made in Vietnam forty years ago are being repeated in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the stakes are even higher now. His book takes a critical look at the battlefield conduct of U.S. ground-combat un

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface: The Issues; Acknowledgmnts; 1. A Careful Approach to the Issues; 2. Conflict and Conduct; 3. Warriorship 101; 4. Composition of the Force; 5. Toward an Effective Tactical Ethos ; 6. Battlefield ROEs (Rules of Ethics) ; APPENDIX I: General David H. Peraeus on Values ; APPENDIX II: Statements of Service Core Values; APPENDIX III: Statements of Service/Service-Component Credos; APPENDIX IV: U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Manual: Ethics Section ; APPENDIX V: CQD Integrity Commitment for Training ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61251-420-0

OCLC:

852757519