A History of Military Morals: Killing the Innocent - Hardcover
by Brian Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:Brian SmithSeries:History of WarfareTheme:Chronological Period/18th Century, Chronological Period/19th CenturyPublish date:4/21/2022Pages:490
The history of noncombatant immunity is well established. What is less understood is how militaries have rationalized violating this immunity. This book traces the development of how militaries have rationalized the killing of the innocent from the thirteenth century onward. In the process, this historiography shows how we have arrived at the ascendant convention that assumes militaries should not intentionally kill the innocent. Furthermore, it shows how moral arguments about the permissibility of killing the innocent are largely adaptations to material changes in how wars are fought, whether through technological innovations or changes in institutional structures.
Smith, Brian: - Brian Smith, Ph.D. (2016), Boston University, is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nazarbayev University. He has published many articles on intellectual history and a monograph, John Locke, Territory, and Transmigration (Routledge, 2021).
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