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

By: Perry, David L, 1959- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Security and professional intelligence education seriesPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781442262041 (e-book)Subject(s): Military ethics -- United States | War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Espionage, American -- Moral and ethical aspects | Military interrogation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Military ethics | War -- Moral and ethical aspects | Espionage -- Moral and ethical aspects | Military interrogation -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Partly cloudy : ethics in war, espionage, covert action, and interrogation.DDC classification: 172/.42 LOC classification: U22 | .P45 2016Online resources: Click to View
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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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.

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

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