The American Way of Bombing : : Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones / / ed. by Matthew Evangelista, Henry Shue.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Biddle, Tami Davis,; Conway-Lanz, Sahr,; Crawford, Neta C.,; Dill, Janina,; Dunlap, Charles J. Jr.,; Garraway, Charles,; Gusterson, Hugh,; Miller, Richard W.,; O'Connell, Mary Ellen,; Petrova, Margarita H.,; Ryan, Klem,; Shue, Henry,
• HerausgeberIn: Evangelista, Matthew,; Shue, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

Aerial bombardment remains important to military strategy, but the norms governing bombing and the harm it imposes on civilians have evolved. The past century has seen everything from deliberate attacks against rebellious villagers by Italian and British colonial forces in the Middle East to scrupul...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. The American Way of Bombing
• Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
• Chapter 1. Strategic Bombardment
• Chapter 2. Bombing Civilians after World War II
• Chapter 3. Targeting Civilians and U.S. Strategic Bombing
• Chapter 4. The Law Applies, But Which Law?
• Part II. Interpreting, Criticizing, and Creating Legal Restrictions
• Chapter 5. Clever or Clueless?
• Chapter 6. The American Way of Bombing and International Law
• Chapter 7. Force Protection, Military Advantage, and "Constant Care" for Civilians
• Chapter 8. Civilian Deaths and American Power
• Part III. Constructing New Norms
• Chapter 9. Proportionality and Restraint on the Use of Force
• Chapter 10. Toward an Anthropology of Drones
• Chapter 11. What's Wrong with Drones?
• Chapter 12. Banning Autonomous Killing
• Notes
• List of Contributors
• Index