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Preface | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict | |
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A Brief Rundown | |
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Fundamental Characteristics | |
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Types of Asymmetric Conflict | |
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Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Asymmetric Conflict | |
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Friends, Foes, or Brothers in Arms? The Puzzle of Combatant Equality | |
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The Idea of Combatant Equality | |
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Combatant (In)Equality in Asymmetric War | |
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Assigning Combatant Equality in Asymmetric War | |
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Combatants in Asymmetric War | |
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Shooting to Kill: The Paradox of Prohibited Weapons | |
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Limiting the Way We Kill | |
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Superfluous Injury and Unnecessary Suffering | |
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Banned Weapons Today | |
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Unnecessary Suffering in Asymmetric War | |
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Shooting to Stun: The Paradox of Nonlethal Warfare | |
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The Nature of Nonlethal Weapons | |
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Can They Work? | |
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Are They Legal? | |
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The Future of Nonlethal Weapons | |
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Murder, Self-Defense, or Execution? The Dilemma of Assassination | |
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What Is Assassination and Targeted Killing? | |
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Targeted Killing: An Effective Tactic of War? | |
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Reassessing Targeted Killing and Assassination | |
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Torture and Assassination | |
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Human Dignity or Human Life: The Dilemmas of Torture and Rendition | |
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The Torture Debate Today | |
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Justifying Interrogational Torture | |
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Rendition and Interrogation | |
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The Dilemma of the Torture Debate | |
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Noncombatants in Asymmetric War | |
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Blackmailing the Innocent: The Dilemma of Noncombatant Immunity | |
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Noncombatant Immunity and Civilian Vulnerability | |
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Reassessing Proportionality in Asymmetric Conflict | |
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Human Shields and Inaccurate Weaponry | |
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Deterrence, Demoralization, and Punishment | |
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Killing the Innocent: The Dilemma of Terrorism | |
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Guerrilla-ism and Terrorism | |
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Justifying the Heinous | |
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The Limits of Defensible Terrorism | |
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Fighting in the Shadow of Harm to Civilians | |
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Risking Our Lives to Save Others: Puzzles of Humanitarian Intervention | |
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The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention | |
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The Paradox of Humanitarian Intervention | |
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Overcoming State Boundaries | |
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Reasonable Costs for Nations and Citizens | |
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Conclusion and Afterword | |
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Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail: New Norms for Asymmetric Conflict? | |
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Exceptionalism or the Rule? | |
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Between Military Necessity and Humanitarianism | |
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A Descent into Barbarism? | |
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The War in Gaza, December 2008 to January 2009 | |
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Fighting a Zero-Tolerance Ground War | |
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Proportionality and Acceptable Harm to Civilians | |
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Saving Soldiers' Lives: At What Cost? | |
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Notes | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |