The War on Terror and the Laws of War - A Military Perspective (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Many years after the United States initiated a military response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the nation continues to prosecute what it considers an armed conflict against transnational terrorist groups. Understanding how the law of armed conflict applies to and regulates military operations executed within the scope of this armed conflict against transnational non-state terrorist groups is as important today as it was in September 2001. In The War on Terror and the Laws of War seven legal scholars, each with experience as military officers, focus on how to strike an effective balance between the necessity of using armed violence to subdue a threat to the nation with the humanitarian interest of mitigating the suffering inevitably associated with that use. Each chapter addresses a specific operational issue, including the national right of self-defense, military targeting and the use of drones, detention, interrogation, trial by military commission of captured terrorist operatives, and the impact of battlefield perspectives on counter-terror military operations, while illustrating how the law of armed conflict influences resolution of that issue. This Second Edition carries on the critical mission of continuing the ongoing dialogue about the law from an unabashedly military perspective, bringing practical wisdom to the contentious topic of applying international law to the battlefield.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Terrorism and Global Justice Series
Release date:	February 2015
Authors:	Geoffrey S. Corn (The Presidential Research Professor of Law) • James A. Schoettler, Jr. (Adjunct Professor of Law) • Dru Brenner-Beck (Attorney) • Victor M. Hansen (Associate Dean and Professor of Law) • Dick Jackson (Special Assistant) • Eric Talbot Jensen (Associate Professor) • Michael W. Lewis (Professor of Law) • Charles J. Dunlap Jr (Major General)
Dimensions:	240 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-994145-2
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law
LSN:	0-19-994145-9
Barcode:	9780199941452

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