The Ethics of Destruction : : Norms and Force in International Relations /

The Ethics of Destruction : : Norms and Force in International Relations / / Ward Thomas.

Many assume that in international politics, and especially in war, "anything goes." Sherman famously declared war "is all hell." The implication behind the maxim is that in war there is no order, only chaos; no mercy, only cruelty; no restraint, only suffering.Ward Thomas finds t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Thomas, Ward,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Ethics, Norms, and the Study of International Relations
  • 2. Principle Meets Power: Groundwork for an Analysis of Ethical Norms
  • 3. International Assassination: "An Infamous and Execrable Practice"
  • 4. Aerial Bombing to 1945: "A Frightful Cataclysm"
  • 5. Aerial Bombing since 1945: A Norm Revived
  • 6. The Limits of International Ethics
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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