The Ethics of Urban Warfare

City and War
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-52239-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: International Studies on Military Ethics

This volume addresses key ethical issues and challenges of modern urban warfare through ten chapters written by acclaimed experts from eight different countries and three continents. The foreword to the volume was written by Gen. (ret) Mart de Kruif, while Professor Hugo Slim wrote the Introduction.

In addition to providing the reader with the history of the intricate relationship between city and war, authors offer critical insights into the ethical problems arising from various dimensions of modern urban warfare: conflicting war narratives, imperative of victory, tactical and leadership specificities, use of non-lethal measures, international interventions, in bello peculiarities of urban warfare, introduction of new weapons and technologies, use of war games and simulations in training for urban warfare, and many more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stanar, Dragan

Tonn, Kristina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Dragan Stanar, Dr. (1986), EuroISME BoD Member, Associate Professor of Ethics at the Faculty of International Politics and Security, UNT University, teaches Military Ethics at the Military Academy in Belgrade. Published numerous articles and monographs on Military Ethics.

Kristina Tonn, MA (1980), Research Manager and Project Officer at zebis, Centre of Ethical Education in the Armed Forces in Hamburg, Germany