Asymmetric killing : risk avoidance, just war, and the warrior ethos / Neil C. Renic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renic, Neil C., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book offers an engaging and historically informed account of the moral challenge of radically asymmetric violence-warfare conducted by one party in the near-complete absence of physical risk, across the full scope of a conflict zone. What role does physical risk and material threat play in the justifications for killing in war? And crucially, is there a point at which battlefield violence becomes so one-directional as to undermine the moral basis for its use? In order to answers these questions, Asymmetric Killing delves into the morally contested terrain of the warrior ethos and Just War Tradition, locating the historical and contemporary role of reciprocal risk within both.

Contents:

Asymmetric violence and the state of the field

The moral challenge of radical asymmetry

Reciprocity and the warrior ethos

Reciprocity and just conduct in war

Military sniping

Manned aerial bombing

UAV-exclusive violence.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-188606-8

0-19-259222-X

0-19-259223-8