The Ethics of Urban Warfare : : City and War / / edited by Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn.

• Superior document: International Studies on Military Ethics ; 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Tonn, Kristina,; Stanar, Dragan, 1986-
• 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)

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn -- Copyright Page / Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn -- Foreword -- Urban Operations, Better Be Prepared / Lt. Gen. (ret.) Mart de Kruif -- Notes on Contributors / Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn -- Introduction -- The City and War / Hugo Slim -- Chapter 1 One Damned Thing after Another -- Battle of Narratives and Urban-War Chaos / Patrick Mileham -- Chapter 2 Enyo’s Wrath -- War and the Fate of the City / Srđan Starčević and Ilija Kajtez -- Chapter 3 Virtues for the Smallest Gang? -- A Contribution to the Leadership Ethics of Urban Warfare / Florian Demont-Biaggi -- Chapter 4 The Kosovo Conflict as a Milestone in International Intervention Practice / Hans-Peter Kriemann -- Chapter 5 An Honest Siege -- ‘Weaponising Honesty’ and Non-Lethal Measures in Urban Operations / Nick Melgaard -- Chapter 6 Military Necessity, Proportionality, and Discrimination -- The Case of Veracruz / Eric Patterson -- Chapter 7 The Ethics of Eviction Agents versus Bombardment in Urban War -- Context for the Drone Debate / Charles Knight and Seumas Miller -- Chapter 8 Preventing another Mosul -- Unmanned Weapon Platforms as the Solution to the Tragedy of a Hostage Siege / Maciek Zajac -- Chapter 9 Can the Robots Save the City? -- Ethics, Urban Warfare, and Autonomous Weapons / Jenna Allen and Deane-Peter Baker -- Chapter 10 Using Military Simulation Games to Promote Critical Thinking and Ethical Discussions Related to Urban Warfare / Ioanna K. Lekea -- Editors’ Remarks / Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn -- Index / Dragan Stanar and Kristina Tonn.