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Preface ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
1 Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict 1
A Brief Rundown 5
Fundamental Characteristics 8
Types of Asymmetric Conflict 13
Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Asymmetric Conflict 21
2 Friends, Foes, or Brothers in Arms? The Puzzle of Combatant Equality 26
The Idea of Combatant Equality 27
Combatant (In)Equality in Asymmetric War 34
Assigning Combatant Equality in Asymmetric War 45
Part I Combatants in Asymmetric War
3 Shooting to Kill: The Paradox of Prohibited Weapons 54
Limiting the Way We Kill 54
Superfluous Injury and Unnecessary Suffering 55
Banned Weapons Today 58
Unnecessary Suffering in Asymmetric War 62
4 Shooting to Stun: The Paradox of Nonlethal Warfare 77
The Nature of Nonlethal Weapons 78
Can They Work? 85
Are They Legal? 90
The Future of Nonlethal Weapons 98
5 Murder, Self-Defense, or Execution? The Dilemma of Assassination 100
What Is Assassination and Targeted Killing? 101
Targeted Killing: An Effective Tactic of War? 111
Reassessing Targeted Killing and Assassination 117
Torture and Assassination 121
6 Human Dignity or Human Life: The Dilemmas of Torture and Rendition 122
The Torture Debate Today 124
Justifying Interrogational Torture 133
Rendition and Interrogation 139
The Dilemma of the Torture Debate 144
Part II Noncombatants in Asymmetric War
7 Blackmailing the Innocent: The Dilemma of Noncombatant Immunity 153
Noncombatant Immunity and Civilian Vulnerability 154
Reassessing Proportionality in Asymmetric Conflict 163
Human Shields and Inaccurate Weaponry 166
Deterrence, Demoralization, and Punishment 174
8 Killingthe Innocent: The Dilemma of Terrorism 178
Guerrilla-ism and Terrorism 179
Justifying the Heinous 182
The Limits of Defensible Terrorism 198
Fighting in the Shadow of Harm to Civilians 201
9 Risking Our Lives to Save Others: Puzzles of Humanitarian Intervention 205
The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention 205
The Paradox of Humanitarian Intervention 213
Overcoming State Boundaries 219
Reasonable Costs for Nations and Citizens 223
Part III Conclusion and Afterword
10 Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail: New Norms for Asymmetric Conflict? 233
Exceptionalism or the Rule? 234
Between Military Necessity and Humanitarianism 238
A Descent into Barbarism? 250
11 The War in Gaza, December 2008 to January 2009 253
Fighting a Zero-Tolerance Ground War 254
Proportionality and Acceptable Harm to Civilians 255
Saving Soldiers' Lives: At What Cost? 260
Notes 265
Selected Bibliography 301
Index 311
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Donald Miller
reviewed Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assasination and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict on September 30, 2013
Moral Dilemmas of Modern War
This is the second time I am attempting to submit this review, due to the stupid application failing to save the previous effort, so I shall shorten it.
Gross's book is competent and serves as a good springboard for anyone interested in these controversial areas of armed conflict. As might be expected, the fine line between what is acceptable and what is not, when it comes to this sort of martial misbehavior is unclear. What was torture yesterday, becomes enhanced interrogation with the wave of a political wand. It is difficult to distinguish for instance, where to draw the line between targeted killing and assassination.
Gross does not merely cover these topics but expands into other important areas in his work such as the question of civilian casualties and the doctrine of double effect (DDE, see p. 187). He insightfully examines the phenomenon of terrorism and how that has altered the military landscape. He covers just war principles in passing such as the principle of last resort. Above all and perhaps most importantly, Gross looks at the phenomenon of asymmetric warfare and what this means in the 21st century.
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