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Anthropologists in arms : the ethics of military anthropology / G. R. Lucas, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lucas, George R.
- Series:
- Claremont Institute Series on Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and society.
- Anthropological ethics.
- Applied anthropology.
- Military ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Landham, MD : AltaMira Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Anthropologists in Arms traces the troubled history of social scientists' collaboration with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and analyzes the moral and ethical debates provoked by the rise of 'military anthropology'-particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Scholars and Soldiers; Chapter 2 "Rain in Camelot"; Chapter 3 Anthropology of, and for, the Military; Chapter 4 Ethics and the "Human Terrain"; Chapter 5 "CEAUSSIC Park"; Chapter 6 "Anthropologists without Borders"; Appendix; References; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49816-9
- 9786612498169
- 0-7591-1919-8
- OCLC:
- 656846704
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