Preventive force : drones, targeted killing, and the transformation of contemporary warfare / edited by Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fisk, Kerstin, editor.

Ramos, Jennifer M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects.

Drone aircraft.

Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.

Preemptive attack (Military science).

Targeted killing--Government policy.

Targeted killing.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Air warfare--Government policy--Western countries.

Air warfare.

Government policy.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Military policy.

War (International law).

Western countries.

Physical Description:

ix, 372 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Drones, targeted killing, and the transformation of contemporary warfare

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2016]

Summary:

More so than in the past, the U.S. is now embracing the logic of preventive force: using military force to counter potential threats around the globe before they have fully materialized. While popular with individuals who seek to avoid too many "boots on the ground," preventive force has controversy due its potential for unnecessary collateral damage. Who decides what threats are "imminent"? Is there an international legal basis to kill or harm individuals who have a connection to that threat? Do the benefits of preventive force justify the costs? And, perhaps most importantly, is the U.S. setting a dangerous international precedent?, In Preventive Force, editors Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos bring together legal scholars, political scientists, international-relations scholars, and prominent defense specialists to examine these questions, whether in the context of full-scale preventive war or preventive drone strikes. In particular, the volume highlights preventive drones strikes, as they mark a complete transformation in how the U.S. understands international norms regarding the use of force, and could potentially be a slippery slope for the US and other nations in terms of engaging in preventive warfare as a matter of course. A comprehensive resource that speaks to the contours of preventive force as a security strategy as well as to the practical, legal, and ethical considerations of its implementation, Preventive Force is a useful guide for academics and policymakers who seek a thorough and current overview of this essential topic. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: the preventive force continuum / Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos

Preventive force: the logic of costs and benefits / Jennifer Taw

Preventive war and its domestic politics / Miroslav Nincic

Sovereignty and preventive war in the twenty-first century : a retrospective on eve of destruction : the coming age of preventive war / Thomas M. Nichols

Why drones are different / Stephan Sonnenberg

The drone : it's in the way that you use it / David Glazier

Drones and the law : why we don't need a new legal framework for targeted killing / Daphne Eviatar

Studying drones: the low quality information environment of Pakistan's tribal areas / C. Christine Fair

The contemporary practice of self-defense : evolving toward the use of preemptive or preventive force? / Avery Plaw and João Franco Reis

Restricting the preventive use of force : drones, the struggle against non-state actors, and jus ad vim / John Emery and Daniel R. Brunstetter

Drones and dirty hands / Ben Jones and John M. Parrish

Beyond preventive force : just peace as preventive non-intervention / Deen Chatterjee

Conclusions / Jennifer M. Ramos and Kerstin Fisk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479857531

147985753X

9781479857654

1479857653

OCLC:

928111487