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Anthropologists in Arms - The Ethics of Military Anthropology (Hardcover, New)
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Anthropologists in Arms - The Ethics of Military Anthropology (Hardcover, New)
Series: Critical Issues in Anthropology
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Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates
surrounding the recent development of "military
anthropology"-particularly the practice of embedding
anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lucas
traces the troubled history of social scientists collaborating with
national military, security, and intelligence organizations and
shows how these complex and frequently misunderstood historical
concerns contribute to the contemporary moral controversy. He gives
special attention to the Human Terrain Systems project developed by
the U.S. Army under the direction of General David Petraeus.
Although this project has been criticized as unethical by academic
anthropologists in the U.S. and the U.K., Lucas shows that the
moral status of that program is much more ambiguous than these
blanket criticisms would suggest. Anthropologists in Arms concludes
with a call for a thorough review of HTS itself, and suggests
alternative strategies for providing anthropological knowledge to
military forces engaged in irregular warfare-knowledge that might,
in turn, help military forces to ameliorate the suffering imposed
on noncombatants, while respecting the privacy, security, and human
rights of indigenous populations.
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