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245 12 a| A history of military moralsh| [electronic resource] :b| killing the innocent /c| by Brian Smith.;

246 30 a| Killing the innocent;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2022];

300 a| viii, 487 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| History of warfare,x| 1385-7827 ;v| volume 138;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-481) and index.;

505 0 a| Killing the innocent : three discursive traditions from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries -- The origins of the double effect : the scholastic tradition -- Martialists : soldiers and tacticians -- Humanists and republicans -- The nineteenth century -- Killing noncombatants in the nineteenth century -- Deliberately targeting noncombatants -- The twentieth century : aerial bombing and a shift in norms -- New possibilities : aeronauts, inventors, and future-war fiction on aerial bombing -- Interwar approaches to bombing : two discursive traditions -- The return to intention : post World War I -- Postscript : intention in the twenty-first century.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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A history of military morals killing the innocent / by Brian Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Brian, 1978-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Description	viii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	War--Moral and ethical aspects. --History. War--Protection of civilians. --History. Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects. Civilians in war--History.

Portion of title	Killing the innocent
Series	History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; volume 138
Contents	Killing the innocent : three discursive traditions from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries -- The origins of the double effect : the scholastic tradition -- Martialists : soldiers and tacticians -- Humanists and republicans -- The nineteenth century -- Killing noncombatants in the nineteenth century -- Deliberately targeting noncombatants -- The twentieth century : aerial bombing and a shift in norms -- New possibilities : aeronauts, inventors, and future-war fiction on aerial bombing -- Interwar approaches to bombing : two discursive traditions -- The return to intention : post World War I -- Postscript : intention in the twenty-first century.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-481) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022007714
ISBN	9789004513433 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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