Author | : Claire Finkelstein |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Release Date | : 2012-03-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780199646487 |
Pages | : 496 pages |
Rating | : 4.1/5 (996 users) |
Download or read book Targeted Killings written by Claire Finkelstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversy surrounding targeted killings represents a crisis of conscience for policymakers, lawyers, philosophers and leading military experts grappling with the moral and legal limits of the war on terror. The book examines the legal and philosophical issues raised by government efforts to target suspected terrorists without giving them the safeguards of a fair trial.