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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779758303321

Autore

Sitaraman Ganesh

Titolo

The counterinsurgent's constitution : law in the age of small wars / / Ganesh Sitaraman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-998690-8

0-19-993032-5

0-19-026015-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

341.63

Soggetti

War (International law)

Asymmetric warfare

Counterinsurgency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Of Law and War; 1. The Strategic Foundations of the Laws of War; 2. The Laws of Counterinsurgency Warfare; PART TWO: From War to Peace; 3. Turbulent Transitions; 4. Transitional Justice as Lawfare; PART THREE: The Reconstruction of Order; 5. Warfighting as Village-Building; 6. The Organic Rule of Law; 7. Counterinsurgency and Constitutional Design; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Since the ""surge"" in Iraq in 2006, counterinsurgency effectively became America's dominant approach for fighting wars. Yet many of the major controversies and debates surrounding counterinsurgency have turned not on military questions but on legal ones: Who can the military attack with drones? Is the occupation of Iraq legitimate? What tradeoffs should the military make between self-protection and civilian casualties? What is the right framework for negotiating with the Taliban? How can we build the rule of law in Afghanistan? The Counterinsurgent's Constitution tackles this wide range of le