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Rules of engagement? [[electronic resource] ] : a social anatomy of an American war crime-- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq / / Stjepan G. Mestrovic



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Autore: Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Rules of engagement? [[electronic resource] ] : a social anatomy of an American war crime-- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq / / Stjepan G. Mestrovic Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
Disciplina: 956.7044/3420973
Soggetto topico: Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Atrocities
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Social aspects
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Psychological aspects
Prisoners of war - Iraq - Tikrīt Region
War crimes - Iraq - Tikrīt Region
Soldiers - Iraq - Psychology
Trials (Military offenses) - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Triangle
Chapter 8. The Doctrine of Command Responsibility as an Exercise in Fake SincerityIndex
Sommario/riassunto: Blackwater, 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
Titolo autorizzato: Rules of engagement  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786611793906
1-281-79390-6
0-87586-674-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782794503321
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