Maintaining the high ground : the profession and ethic in large-scale combat operations / edited by C. Anthony Pfaff and Keith R. Beurskens.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Pfaff, C. Anthony, editor.

Beurskens, Keith R., 1959- editor.

Army University Press (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

US Army large-scale combat operations series

The US Army large-scale combat operations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Case studies.

United States.

United States. Army.

Military ethics--United States--Case studies.

Military ethics.

Soldiers--Professional ethics--United States--Case studies.

Soldiers.

Operational art (Military science)--Case studies.

Operational art (Military science).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 262) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (cheifly color).

Other Title:

Profession and ethic in large-scale combat operations

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Army University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Part of The US Army Large-Scale Combat Operations Series, Maintaining the High Ground combines discussions and historical case studies from the past seventy-five years to address ethical challenges for the Army Profession. With today's all-volunteer Army, maintaining public trust is critical, and large-scale combat operations require a professional class of leaders and soldiers with strong ethics and the ability to adapt and even shape their own future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: The role of the Army's professional military ethics in large-scale combat operations

Introduction

Section 1: Honorable Service. Honorable service introduction / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Army ethic principle 1 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Beyond legality: ethics in the profession of arms / by Jonathan D. Bailey and John L. Morales

Army ethic principle 2 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Officership: character, leadership, and ethical decision-making / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Army ethic principle 3 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Lessons from the firebombing in World War II's Pacific theatre / by Joel N. Brown

The success of world view morality: why so many Iraqi soldiers deserted to the Coalition in 1990 / by Paul E. Berg and Kenneth A. Hawley

Army ethic principle 4 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

The peak of morality: guiding our principles in combat by / Matthew R. Thom

Section II: Army Experts. Army experts introduction / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Army ethic principle 5 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

The moral courage paradox: the Peers Report and My Lai / by Paul E. Berg and Robert J. Rielly

Army ethic principle 6 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Retaining the moral high ground: the Canadian Army and Waffen-SS prisoners of war, Normandy, July 1944 / by Arthur W. Gullachsen

Shared mission goals: an antidote to combat isolation / by Daniel J. Sieben

Army ethic principle 7 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Two professions, two ethics: Brig. Gen. Frederick Blesse and adapting military medicine in World War II / by W. Sanders Marble

Section III: Stewardship. Stewardship introduction / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Army ethic principle 8 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Corruption of conscience: George Patton and the Biscari massacres / by Mark J. Balboni

Army ethic principle 9 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Fighting for our history: the strategic importance of protecting cultural property in combat operations / by David F. Bonner

Army ethic principle 10 / by C. Anthony Pfaff

Preserving credibility through a culture that enables ethics-based Army communication practices / by Charles M. "Chase" Spears

The ethics of large-scale combat operations / by James E. Rainey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (Army, viewed June 14, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Maintaining the high ground

ISBN:

9781940804835

1940804833

OCLC:

1251741746