The Ethics and Efficacy of the Global War on Terrorism Fighting Terror with Terror

by Webel, Charles P.; Arnaldi, John A. A.

• ISBN13: 9780230110984
• ISBN10: 0230110983
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Presenting the reader with provocative articles that critically examine the morality of the war on terrorism as it has evolved over the past eight years, this book consists of articles that effectively address specific aspects of the war on terrorism that are missing or underrepresented in ethical discourse since 9/11. The book includes a mix of article types: theory, lecture, research, battlefield journalism, investigative reporting, as well as excerpts from international law and a military leadership manual.

Author Biography

Charles P. Webel is a three-time Fulbright Scholar who teaches at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of South Florida, and the University of New York in Prague. Webel studied and taught at Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his PhD, and is a research graduate of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. He is author of Terror, Terrorism, and the Human Condition; co-author (with David Barash) of Peace and Conflict Studies; and co-editor (with Johan Galtung) of the Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies and (with Jorgen Johansen) of the forthcoming Reader in Peace and Conflict Studies. John A. Arnaldi is an author, educator, photographer, and life coach. As an instructor at the University of South Florida, he taught Ethics of War and Peace (Honors) and graduate counseling courses.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ethics and the Real World--Charles Webel and John Arnaldi * Section I: Understanding Ethical Challenges in the War on Terrorism * Overview--John Arnaldi and Charles Webel * War on terror--Noam Chomsky * Terror: The neglected but inescapable core of terrorism--Charles Webel * Who becomes a terrorist today?--Scott Atran * Squaring the Error--Michael German * Section II: Applying Ethics to the War on Terrorism * Overview--John Arnaldi and Charles Webel * Thinking about war and justice--Jean Bethke Elshtain * Moral personhood and human security--Laurie Calhoun * Just Policing, not war--Gerald Schlabach * Moral Responsibilities to Reduce Terror-- Jørgen Johansen * Section III: Winning the Public Relations War: Journalism as a Weapon * Overview--John Arnaldi and Charles Webel * Ethics of Journalism in the War on Terrorism--John Arnaldi * Faces of death--Dan Kennedy * Home from Iraq--Molly Bingham * Section IV: Examining the Dark Side of the War on Terror * Overview--John Arnaldi and Charles Webel * Chapter 7: Leadership and Ethics for Counterinsurgency--U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Field Manual * Degrading behavior: The Middle East and the barbarism of the war from the air--Tom Engelhardt * Why are we in Afghanistan?--Tom Gallagher * War on Terror in Pakistan--Chris Toffolo * Where were the doctors? Torture and the betrayal of medicine--Larry Dossey * The agent who might have saved Hamid Hayat--Mark Arax * Conclusion: The War of the World? Is There a Viable Nonviolent Alternative to the Global War on Terrorism?--John Arnaldi and Charles Webel * Appendix I: Geneva Conventions (excerpts) * Appendix II: Recommended Films