Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-4422-6202-7 • Hardback • October 2016 • $137.00 • (£105.00)
978-1-4422-6203-4 • Paperback • October 2016 • $70.00 • (£54.00)
978-1-4422-6204-1 • eBook • October 2016 • $66.50 • (£51.00)
David L. Perry taught ethics for 24 years at several institutions of higher education, including the U.S. Army War College, Davidson and Dickinson colleges, and Seattle and Santa Clara universities. He now lives on Bainbridge Island near Seattle.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Ethical Reasoning
Chapter 2: Comparative Religious Perspectives on War
Chapter 3: Just and Unjust War in Shakespeare's Henry V
Chapter 4: Anticipating and Preventing Atrocities in War
Chapter 5: Battlefield Euthanasia: Should Military Mercy-Killings Be Allowed?
Chapter 6: Secret Intelligence and American Democracy
Chapter 7: The KGB: CIA’s Traditional Adversary
Chapter 8: Espionage
Chapter 9: Covert Action
Chapter 10: Targeted Killing
Chapter 11: Interrogation
Epilogue: On Peacemaking
About the Author
Index
Once again Perry has provided an ethicist's insights into the study of warfare's uglier aspects. This new edition updates the case studies and vignettes that make this reference so valuable. Perry transports the context of espionage, atrocities, assassination, and torture from medieval times into the 21st century, and his new chapter on battlefield euthanasia is especially compelling. He disabuses us of the delusion that dirty deeds are purely attributable to the demonic enemy and forces us to face the darker side of our common humanity. This book belongs in the hands, minds, and hearts of military leaders and civilian policymakers everywhere!
— G. K. Cunningham, Associate Provost, U.S. Army War College
Dr. Dave Perry has written a wide-ranging and engaging examination of ethical issues involved in war, espionage, intelligence gathering, recruiting and handling of spies, cyberwarfare and more. Unlike many more conventional ‘just war’ volumes, Perry skillfully and knowledgeably leads the reader into issues rarely examined in the literature. This is an invaluable contribution to the field.
— Martin L. Cook, Admiral James Bond Stockdale Chair of Professional Military Ethics (Emeritus), U.S. Naval War College; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, U.S. Air Force Academy
This book has now become a classic in military ethics. Its immense virtue is its realistic recognition of the intrinsic ambiguity and contestability of ethics, especially military ethics. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a book that combines careful ethical analysis with subtle application of ethical concepts in the context of military and intelligence operations in all their variety.
— James Connelly, Professor of Politics, School of Law and Politics, University of Hull