The dilemmas precipitated by the unintentional killing of civilians
in war, or 'collateral damage', shape many aspects of military
conduct, yet noticeable by its absence has been a methodical
examination of the place and role of this phenomenon in modern
warfare. This book offers a fresh perspective on a distressing
consequence of conflict. Rosen explains how collateral damage is
linked to ideas of authority, thereby anchoring it to the
existential riddles of our individual and collective lives, and
that this peculiar form of death constitutes an image of what it
means to be human. His investigation of collateral damage is
notable too for how the death of non-combatants sheds light on some
of today's critical challenges to war and global governance, such
as the growing role of non-state actors, mercenary contractors and
the impact of military privatisation. In the ethical realm those
who successfully prove that collateral damage has occurred also
enter the debate about which institutions may exert authority and
thus how a truly decentralised world might be organised.This is why
the in many ways underrepresented victims of collateral damage
appear on closer inspection to have experienced a most significant
form of death.
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