The Ethics of Urban Warfare : : City and War / / edited by Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn.
This volume addresses key ethical issues and challenges of modern urban warfare through ten chapters written by acclaimed experts from eight different countries and three continents. The foreword to the volume was written by Gen. (ret) Mart de Kruif, while Professor Hugo Slim wrote the Introduction....
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| Superior document: | International Studies on Military Ethics ; 10 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2023. ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International Studies on Military Ethics ;
10. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
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| Other title: | City and War Preliminary Material / |
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| Summary: | This volume addresses key ethical issues and challenges of modern urban warfare through ten chapters written by acclaimed experts from eight different countries and three continents. The foreword to the volume was written by Gen. (ret) Mart de Kruif, while Professor Hugo Slim wrote the Introduction. In addition to providing the reader with the history of the intricate relationship between city and war, authors offer critical insights into the ethical problems arising from various dimensions of modern urban warfare: conflicting war narratives, imperative of victory, tactical and leadership specificities, use of non-lethal measures, international interventions, in bello peculiarities of urban warfare, introduction of new weapons and technologies, use of war games and simulations in training for urban warfare, and many more. |
| ISBN: | 9789004522404 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn. |