Saving Soldiers or Civilians?: Casualty-Aversion versus Civilian Protection In Asymmetric Conflicts
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- Synopsis
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Concerns for the lives of soldiers and innocent civilians have come to underpin Western, and particularly American, warfare. Yet this new mode of conflict faces a dilemma: these two norms have opened new areas of vulnerability that have been systematically exploited by non-state adversaries. This strategic behaviour creates a trade-off, forcing decision-makers to have to choose between saving soldiers and civilians in target states.
Sebastian Kaempf examines the origin and nature of this dilemma, and in a detailed analysis of the US conflicts in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq, investigates the ways the US has responded, assessing the legal, moral, and strategic consequences. Scholars and students of military and strategic studies, international relations and peace and conflict studies will be interested to read Kaempf's analysis of whether the US or its adversaries have succeeded in responding to this central dilemma of contemporary warfare.
Presents an investigation of the relationship between ethics and the laws of war, with contemporary relevance,
Outlines the norms of casualty-aversion and civilian protection, and examines the tension that exists between the two,
Provides a detailed analysis of the particular dynamics of asymmetric conflicts between the US and non-state adversaries in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108585545
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781108427647, 9781108427647
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/16/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Sebastian Kaempf
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.