03915nam 2200841 a 450 991078279450332120230207225924.097866117939061-281-79390-60-87586-674-3(CKB)1000000000691284(EBL)362247(OCoLC)476192414(SSID)ssj0000239961(PQKBManifestationID)12049759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239961(PQKBWorkID)10251303(PQKB)10902726(SSID)ssj0000365502(PQKBManifestationID)12119023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365502(PQKBWorkID)10414056(PQKB)11620969(MiAaPQ)EBC3001704(MiAaPQ)EBC362247(Au-PeEL)EBL3001704(CaPaEBR)ebr10476764(CaONFJC)MIL179390(OCoLC)929146353(Au-PeEL)EBL362247(EXLCZ)99100000000069128420080617d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRules of engagement?[electronic resource] a social anatomy of an American war crime-- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq /Stjepan G. Mestrovic1st ed.New York Algora Pub.c20081 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-673-5 0-87586-672-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Location of Objective Murray; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introducing an Apparently New Form of Combat; Chapter 2. Laying Out the Conceptual Tools for the Social Anatomy that Follows; Chapter 3: The First Version of Events - Mission Accomplished; Chapter 4: The Media's Spin on the Events and Their Echoes in the Past; Chapter 5. The May 29 Version: Playing It By Ear; Chapter 6. The Third Version of Events: Conspiracy, Cunning, and Cold-Blooded Murder; Chapter 7. Explaining the Imperfect Crimes at Operation Iron TriangleChapter 8. The Doctrine of Command Responsibility as an Exercise in Fake SincerityIndexBlackwater, Abu Ghraib and other scandals in Iraq were presaged by the murderous Operation Iron Triangle in May 2006 when US soldiers were ordered to kill all Iraqis of military age. The soldiers were imprisoned; the officer was merely reprimanded. Mestrovic details the American leadership's fake commitment to the Geneva Conventions and the rule of law, fake due process for defendants, fake goals of promoting democracy, and compulsion to repeat our errors in Vietnam. The Blackwater scandal involved killing unarmed Iraqis in accordance with ""rules of engagement"" that were apparently similar tOperation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006Iraq War, 2003-2011AtrocitiesIraq War, 2003-2011Social aspectsIraq War, 2003-2011Psychological aspectsPrisoners of warIraqTikrīt RegionWar crimesIraqTikrīt RegionSoldiersIraqPsychologyTrials (Military offenses)United StatesOperation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006.Iraq War, 2003-2011Atrocities.Iraq War, 2003-2011Social aspects.Iraq War, 2003-2011Psychological aspects.Prisoners of warWar crimesSoldiersPsychology.Trials (Military offenses)956.7044/3420973Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel932266MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782794503321Rules of engagement3755088UNINA