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Partly cloudy : ethics in war, espionage, covert action, and interrogation / David L. Perry. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Security and professional intelligence education seriesPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781442262041 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Partly cloudy : ethics in war, espionage, covert action, and interrogation.DDC classification:
  • 172/.42 23
LOC classification:
  • U22 .P45 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
An introduction to ethical reasoning -- Comparative religious perspectives on war -- Just and unjust war in Shakespeare's Henry V -- Anticipating and preventing atrocities in war -- Battlefield euthanasia : should military mercy-killings be allowed? -- Secret intelligence and American democracy -- The KGB : CIA's traditional adversary -- Espionage -- Covert action -- Targeted killing -- Interrogation -- Epilogue: On peacemaking.
Scope and content: "Partly Cloudy : Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation explores a number of wrenching ethical issues and challenges faced by military and intelligence personnel. It provides a robust and practical approach to analyzing ethical issues in war and intelligence operations, and applies careful reasoning to issues of vital importance today, not only for soldiers, intelligence professionals, and policy makers, but also for the citizens they serve and protect. This new edition has been updated throughout and includes new contents, to deal with critical issues such as torturing detainees, using espionage to penetrate terrorist cells, mounting covert actions to undermine hostile regimes, practicing euthanasia on the battlefield as mercy-killing, or using targeted killings as a means to fight insurgencies"--Provided by publisher.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to ethical reasoning -- Comparative religious perspectives on war -- Just and unjust war in Shakespeare's Henry V -- Anticipating and preventing atrocities in war -- Battlefield euthanasia : should military mercy-killings be allowed? -- Secret intelligence and American democracy -- The KGB : CIA's traditional adversary -- Espionage -- Covert action -- Targeted killing -- Interrogation -- Epilogue: On peacemaking.

"Partly Cloudy : Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation explores a number of wrenching ethical issues and challenges faced by military and intelligence personnel. It provides a robust and practical approach to analyzing ethical issues in war and intelligence operations, and applies careful reasoning to issues of vital importance today, not only for soldiers, intelligence professionals, and policy makers, but also for the citizens they serve and protect. This new edition has been updated throughout and includes new contents, to deal with critical issues such as torturing detainees, using espionage to penetrate terrorist cells, mounting covert actions to undermine hostile regimes, practicing euthanasia on the battlefield as mercy-killing, or using targeted killings as a means to fight insurgencies"--Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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