David L. Perry

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Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring ethical issues and challenges faced by military and intelligence personnel, this new edition includes critical issues such as torturing detainees, using espionage to penetrate terrorist cells, mounting covert actions to undermine hostile regimes, practicing euthanasia as mercy-killing, or using targeted killings to fight insurgencies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781442262027
• ISBN-10: 1442262028
• Artikelnr.: 45188247

Autorenporträt

David L. Perry taught ethics for 24 years at several institutions of higher education, including the U.S. Army War College, Davidson and Dickinson colleges, and Seattle and Santa Clara universities. He now lives on Bainbridge Island near Seattle.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: An Introduction to Ethical Reasoning
Chapter 2: Comparative Religious Perspectives on War Chapter 3: Just and
Unjust War in Shakespeare's Henry V Chapter 4: Anticipating and Preventing
Atrocities in War Chapter 5: Battlefield Euthanasia: Should Military
Mercy-Killings Be Allowed? Chapter 6: Secret Intelligence and American
Democracy Chapter 7: The KGB: CIA's Traditional Adversary Chapter 8:
Espionage Chapter 9: Covert Action Chapter 10: Targeted Killing Chapter 11:
Interrogation Epilogue: On Peacemaking About the Author Index