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9780415770644

Ethics, Technology and the American Way of War: Cruise Missiles and US Security Policy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415770644

  • ISBN10:

    0415770645

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-06-06
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

A new investigation into how the advent of precision-guided munitions affects the likelihood of US policy makers to use force. As such, this is an inquiry into the impact of ethics, strategy and military technology on the decision calculus of national leaders. Following the first Gulf War in 1991, this new study shows how US Presidents increasingly used stand-off precision guided munitions (or PGMs

Author Biography

Reuben Brigety is an Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Abbreviationsp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Theoretical approachesp. 11
Humanity as a weapon of warp. 13
Limited war in American strategic thoughtp. 41
Tomahawk: History, technology, strategyp. 56
Practical applicationsp. 69
Operation Southern Watch - January 1993p. 71
Operation Bushwacker - June 1993p. 85
Operation Deliberate Force - August/September 1995p. 98
Operation Desert Strike - September 1996p. 113
Conclusionp. 129
Notesp. 136
Selected bibliographyp. 153
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