The Resource Enemies known and unknown : targeted killings in America's transnational war, Jack McDonald
Enemies known and unknown : targeted killings in America's transnational war, Jack McDonald
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- Summary
- "The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet ... targeted killings have been widely decried as extra-judicial violations of human rights. This book examines these paradoxes, arguig that they are partially explained by the application of exist inglegal standards to transnational wars. Critics argue the the kind of war the US claims to be waging - transnational armed conflict - does not actuallly exist. McDonald analyzes the concepts of transnational war and the legal interpretations that underpin it ... . America's interpretations of sovereignty and international law shape and constitute war itself, with lethal consequences for the named and anonymous persons that it unilaterally defines as participants. McDonald's analysis helps us understand the social and legal construction of legitimate violence in warfare, and the relationship between legal opinions formed in US government departments and acts of violence half a world away."--Front book flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 318 pages
- Contents
-
- Individuated warfare
- Killing through a monitor, darkly
- The
- Body as the battlefield
- Gyges' knife
- Introduction : the Balkan crucible
- The
- Cleanest war
- The
- Lens of law
- In Washington's shadow
- Lawful annihilation?
- Unto others
- Isbn
- 9780190683078
- Label
- Enemies known and unknown : targeted killings in America's transnational war
- Title
- Enemies known and unknown
- Title remainder
- targeted killings in America's transnational war
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack McDonald
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet ... targeted killings have been widely decried as extra-judicial violations of human rights. This book examines these paradoxes, arguig that they are partially explained by the application of exist inglegal standards to transnational wars. Critics argue the the kind of war the US claims to be waging - transnational armed conflict - does not actuallly exist. McDonald analyzes the concepts of transnational war and the legal interpretations that underpin it ... . America's interpretations of sovereignty and international law shape and constitute war itself, with lethal consequences for the named and anonymous persons that it unilaterally defines as participants. McDonald's analysis helps us understand the social and legal construction of legitimate violence in warfare, and the relationship between legal opinions formed in US government departments and acts of violence half a world away."--Front book flap
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McDonald, Jack
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KZ6373.2
- LC item number
- .M33 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Targeted killing (International law)
- Targeted killing
- Targeted killing
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Enemies known and unknown : targeted killings in America's transnational war, Jack McDonald
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-303) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Individuated warfare
- Killing through a monitor, darkly
- The
- Body as the battlefield
- Gyges' knife
- Introduction : the Balkan crucible
- The
- Cleanest war
- The
- Lens of law
- In Washington's shadow
- Lawful annihilation?
- Unto others
- Control code
- 962790536
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- ix, 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190683078
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962790536
- Label
- Enemies known and unknown : targeted killings in America's transnational war, Jack McDonald
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-303) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Individuated warfare
- Killing through a monitor, darkly
- The
- Body as the battlefield
- Gyges' knife
- Introduction : the Balkan crucible
- The
- Cleanest war
- The
- Lens of law
- In Washington's shadow
- Lawful annihilation?
- Unto others
- Control code
- 962790536
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- ix, 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190683078
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962790536
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