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UNINA9910481050303321 |
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Autore |
Eckert Amy E. |
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Titolo |
Outsourcing War : The Just War Tradition in the Age of Military Privatization / / Amy E. Eckert |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1-5017-0356-0 |
1-5017-0357-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War - Moral and ethical aspects |
Military ethics |
Just war doctrine |
Mercenary troops - Moral and ethical aspects |
Private security services - Moral and ethical aspects |
Private military companies - Moral and ethical aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Just War Tradition and the New Market for Private Force -- 2. The State System and the Evolution of the Just War Tradition -- 3. Jus ad Bellum Principles and Privatized War -- 4. Privatization and the Normative Challenge to Jus in Bello Rules -- 5. The Ethics of War, the Market for Private Force, and the Public/Private Divide -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Recent decades have seen an increasing reliance on private military contractors (PMCs) to provide logistical services, training, maintenance, and combat troops. In Outsourcing War, Amy E. Eckert examines the ethical implications involved in the widespread use of PMCs, and in particular questions whether they can fit within customary ways of understanding the ethical prosecution of warfare. Her concern is with the ius in bello (right conduct in war) strand of just war theory. Just war |
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