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Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict

Editat de Michael L. Gross, Tamar Meisels Cuvânt înainte de Michael Walzer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 iun 2017
Just war theory focuses primarily on bodily harm, such as killing, maiming, and torture, while other harms are often largely overlooked. At the same time, contemporary international conflicts increasingly involve the use of unarmed tactics, employing 'softer' alternatives or supplements to kinetic power that have not been sufficiently addressed by the ethics of war or international law. Soft war tactics include cyber-warfare and economic sanctions, media warfare, and propaganda, as well as non-violent resistance as it plays out in civil disobedience, boycotts, and 'lawfare.' While the just war tradition has much to say about 'hard' war - bullets, bombs, and bayonets - it is virtually silent on the subject of 'soft' war. Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict illuminates this neglected aspect of international conflict.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107584785
ISBN-10: 1107584787
Pagini: 282
Ilustrații: 1 table
Dimensiuni: 151 x 228 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction Michael L. Gross and Tamar Meisels; Part I. Definitions and Meta Views: 1. Defining war Jessica Wolfendale; 2. Coercion, manipulation, and harm: civilian immunity and soft war Valerie Morkevičius; Part II. Economic Warfare: 3. Reconsidering economic sanctions Joy Gordon; 4. Conditional sale Cécile Fabre; Part III. Cyber Warfare, Media Warfare, and Lawfare: 5. State-sponsored hacktivism and the rise of 'soft' war George R. Lucas, Jr; 6. Media warfare, propaganda, and the law of war Laurie R. Blank; 7. The ethics of soft war on today's mediatized battlespaces Sebastian Kaempf; 8. Abuse of law on the 21st-century battlefield: a typology of lawfare Janina Dill; Part IV. Nonviolence: 9. Unarmed bodyguards to the rescue? The ethics of non-violent intervention James Pattison; 10. How subversive are human rights? Civil subversion and the ethics of unarmed resistance Christopher J. Finlay; 11. Bearers of hope on the paradox of non-violent action Cheney Ryan; Part V. Hostage Taking and Prisoners: 12. A cooperative globalist approach to the hostage dilemma Ariel Colonomos; 13. Kidnapping and extortion as tactics of soft war Tamar Meisels; 14. Conclusions: proportionate self defense in unarmed conflict Michael L. Gross.

Recenzii

'For many years, philosophers and military ethicists have focused on the rights and wrongs of physical violence - understandably so. But war can take subtler forms. Economic sanctions, cyber warfare, propaganda, and 'psyops' can have dangerous and devastating effects; nonviolence can sometimes prevail over armed might. This superb collection is a pioneering effort to analyze the ethics of 'soft war.' The authors include some of the leading theorists of just war, and their essays shed welcome light at a time when we need it. It's a must-read for anyone interested in today's conflicts - philosophers, security specialists, military ethicists, and concerned citizens.' David Luban, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
'Combining fresh ethical thinking about the morality of armed conflict with cutting edge cases drawing on the very latest challenges to the field, this innovative new book pushes beyond established boundaries and presents us with new ways of thinking about the ethics of conflict. Covering a range of issues not hitherto evaluated from a moral perspective - including economic warfare, cyber-warfare and nonviolence, this is an important new volume that not only charts new ground but sets out a new agenda for the future. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the ethical dimensions of world politics.' Alexander Bellamy, Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland, Australia
'This work goes an impressive distance towards addressing the complex web of ethical and legal questions raised by the techniques of soft war …' Claire Finkelstein, International Affairs
'… I found the book profoundly helpful in understanding the nature of war, conflict, and international relations in the twenty-first century.' Anthony F. Lang, Jr, International Studies Review

Descriere

This collection focuses on non-kinetic warfare, including cyber, media, and economic warfare, as well as non-violent resistance, 'lawfare', and hostage-taking.