Preventive force : drones, targeted killing, and the transformation of contemporary warfare / / edited by Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.4
• Soggetto topico: War (International law); Air warfare - Government policy - Western countries; Terrorism - Prevention; Targeted killing - Government policy; Preemptive attack (Military science); Drone aircraft - Government policy - United States; Drone aircraft - Moral and ethical aspects
• Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy
• Soggetto non controllato: Preventive war
• Persona (resp. second.): RamosJennifer M.; FiskKerstin
• Note generali: Textes issus de communications, presentes lors d'une conference, tenue au printemps 2014.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Introduction: The Preventive Force Continuum -- 2. Preventive Force: The Logic of Costs and Benefits -- 3. Preventive War and Its Domestic Politics -- 4. Sovereignty and Preventive War in the Twenty- First Century: A Retrospective on Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War -- 5. Why Drones Are Different -- 6. The Drone: It’s in the Way That You Use It -- 7. Drones and the Law: Why We Do Not Need a New Legal Framework for Targeted Killing -- 8. Studying Drones: The Low Quality Information Environment of Pakistan’s Tribal Areas -- 9. The Contemporary Practice of Self- Defense: Evolving Toward the Use of Preemptive or Preventive Force? -- 10. Restricting the Preventive Use of Force: Drones, the Struggle against Non- State Actors, and Jus ad Vim -- 11. Drones and Dirty Hands -- 12. Beyond Preventive Force: Just Peace as Preventive Non- Intervention -- 13. Conclusions -- About the Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: More so than in the past, the US is now embracing the logic of preventive force: using military force to counter potential threats around the globe before they have fully materialized. While popular with individuals who seek to avoid too many “boots on the ground,” preventive force is controversial because of its potential for unnecessary collateral damage. Who decides what threats are ‘imminent’? Is there an international legal basis to kill or harm individuals who have a connection to that threat? Do the benefits of preventive force justify the costs? And, perhaps most importantly, is the US setting a dangerous international precedent? In Preventive Force, editors Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer Ramos bring together legal scholars, political scientists, international relations scholars, and prominent defense specialists to examine these questions, whether in the context of full-scale preventive war or preventive drone strikes. In particular, the volume highlights preventive drones strikes, as they mark a complete transformation of how the US understands international norms regarding the use of force, and could potentially lead to a ‘slippery slope’ for the US and other nations in terms of engaging in preventive warfare as a matter of course. A comprehensive resource that speaks to the contours of preventive force as a security strategy as well as to the practical, legal, and ethical considerations of its implementation, Preventive Force is a useful guide for political scientists, international relations scholars, and policymakers who seek a thorough and current overview of this essential topic.
• Titolo autorizzato: Preventive force
• ISBN: 9781479880997; 147988099X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798475703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II