Law, Science, Liberalism and the American Way of Warfare : The Quest for Humanity in Conflict

Carvin, Stephanie/ Williams, Michael John

Cambridge University Press（2014/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 211 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781107067172
• DDC分類 355.00973

Full Description

Founded and rooted in Enlightenment values, the United States is caught between two conflicting imperatives when it comes to war: achieving perfect security through the annihilation of threats; and a requirement to conduct itself in a liberal and humane manner. In order to reconcile these often clashing requirements, the US has often turned to its scientists and laboratories to find strategies and weapons that are both decisive and humane. In effect, a modern faith in science and technology to overcome life's problems has been utilized to create a distinctly 'American Way of Warfare'. Carvin and Williams provide a framework to understand the successes and failures of the US in the wars it has fought since the days of the early Republic through to the War on Terror. It is the first book of its kind to combine a study of technology, law and liberalism in American warfare.

Contents

Introduction; 1. Law and science in the Western way of war; 2. Conceptualizing the American way of war; 3. Vietnam and the 'science' of war; 4. Immaculate destruction; 5. Revolution denied: the 'war' on terror; 6. Back to the future?