{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-bombing-changing-ethical-and-legal-norms-from-flying-fortresses-to-drones-hardback-9780801452802","title":"The American Way of Bombing; Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones (Hardback) 9780801452802","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe American Way of Bombing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChanging Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Evangelista (Edited by), Henry Shue (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801452802\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Bombing: Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, From Flying Fortresses to Drones\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Matthew Evangelista and Henry Shue, brings together an array of historians, practitioners, and legal experts from both the military and civilian worlds. Overall, the volume is balanced and the authors engage with logic and consistency. This collection is a vital resource for military professionals, policymakers, and scholars alike. Unfortunately, the challenges of norm-setting in aerial warfare chronicled here are far from over and likely to become even more contentious in light of ongoing military and counterterrorist operations across the globe and in the face of rapid technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e - Mark J. Conversino (H-Diplo) \u003cp\u003eOne of the virtues of\u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Bombing\u003c\/i\u003eis to remind us of the non-linear way in which airpower has evolved, and of the frequent disconnect between stated intentions and actual practice.\u003c\/p\u003e - Bruno Tertrais (Survival) \u003cp\u003eThe book is well written. The author provides abundant research notes, cites appropriate legal frameworks, and indicates where the United States stands with respect to each of them.... I highly recommend this book for military officers. It provides discussion of the appropriate legal and moral issues, and it makes the reader consider the second- and third-order effects created by some of our unique weapon systems and how those effects will likely impact our ability to employ such weapons in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e - Lt. Col. George Hodge, U.S. Army, retired (Military Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAerial bombardment remains important to military strategy, but the norms governing bombing and the harm it imposes on civilians have evolved.\u003c\/b\u003e The past century has seen everything from deliberate attacks against rebellious villagers by Italian and British colonial forces in the Middle East to scrupulous efforts to avoid \"collateral damage\" in the counterinsurgency and antiterrorist wars of today. \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Bombing\u003c\/i\u003e brings together prominent military historians, practitioners, civilian and military legal experts, political scientists, philosophers, and anthropologists to explore the evolution of ethical and legal norms governing air warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing primarily on the United States—as the world's preeminent military power and the one most frequently engaged in air warfare, its practice has influenced normative change in this domain, and will continue to do so—the authors address such topics as firebombing of cities during World War II; the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the deployment of airpower in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya; and the use of unmanned drones for surveillance and attacks on suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The American Way of Bombing\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Matthew Evangelista\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e1. Strategic Bombardment: Expectation, Theory, and Practice in the Early Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Tami Davis Biddle\u003c\/i\u003e2. Bombing Civilians after World War II: The Persistence of Norms against Targeting Civilians in the Korean War\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Sahr Conway-Lanz\u003c\/i\u003e3. Targeting Civilians and U.S. Strategic Bombing Norms: \u003ci\u003ePlus ça change, plus c'est la même chose\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Neta C. Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e4. The Law Applies, But Which Law?: A Consumer Guide to the Laws of War\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Charles Garraway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Interpreting, Criticizing, and Creating Legal Restrictions\u003c\/b\u003e5. Clever or Clueless?: Observations about Bombing Norm Debates\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Charles J. Dunlap Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e6. The American Way of Bombing and International Law: Two Logics of Warfare in Tension\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Janina Dill\u003c\/i\u003e7. Force Protection, Military Advantage, and \"Constant Care\" for Civilians: The 1991 Bombing of Iraq\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Henry Shue\u003c\/i\u003e8. Civilian Deaths and American Power: Three Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Richard W. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Constructing New Norms\u003c\/b\u003e9. Proportionality and Restraint on the Use of Force: The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Margarita H. Petrova\u003c\/i\u003e10. Toward an Anthropology of Drones: Remaking Space, Time, and Valor in Combat\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Hugh Gusterson\u003c\/i\u003e11. What's Wrong with Drones?: The Battlefield in International Humanitarian Law\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Klem Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e12. Banning Autonomous Killing: The Legal and Ethical Requirement That Humans Make Near-Time Lethal Decisions\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Mary Ellen O'Connell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541785964824,"sku":"9780801452802","price":48.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-american-way-of-bombing-changing-ethical-and-legal-norms-from-flying-fortresses-to-drones-hardback-9780801452802","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}