LEADER 03915nam 2200841 a 450 001 9910782794503321 005 20230207225924.0 010 $a9786611793906 010 $a1-281-79390-6 010 $a0-87586-674-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691284 035 $a(EBL)362247 035 $a(OCoLC)476192414 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000239961 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12049759 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239961 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251303 035 $a(PQKB)10902726 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12119023 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10414056 035 $a(PQKB)11620969 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3001704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC362247 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3001704 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476764 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL179390 035 $a(OCoLC)929146353 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL362247 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691284 100 $a20080617d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRules of engagement?$b[electronic resource] $ea social anatomy of an American war crime-- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq /$fStjepan G. Mestrovic 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-673-5 311 $a0-87586-672-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLocation 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 Triangle 327 $aChapter 8. The Doctrine of Command Responsibility as an Exercise in Fake SincerityIndex 330 $aBlackwater, 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 t 606 $aOperation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xAtrocities 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xSocial aspects 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xPsychological aspects 606 $aPrisoners of war$zIraq$zTikri?t Region 606 $aWar crimes$zIraq$zTikri?t Region 606 $aSoldiers$zIraq$xPsychology 606 $aTrials (Military offenses)$zUnited States 615 0$aOperation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xAtrocities. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aPrisoners of war 615 0$aWar crimes 615 0$aSoldiers$xPsychology. 615 0$aTrials (Military offenses) 676 $a956.7044/3420973 700 $aMes?trovic?$b Stjepan Gabriel$0932266 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782794503321 996 $aRules of engagement$93755088 997 $aUNINA