RT Book
T1 Enemies known and unknown: targeted killings in America's transnational war
A1 McDonald, Jack
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/896233685
AB "The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet ... targeted killings have been widely decried as extra-judicial violations of human rights. This book examines these paradoxes, arguig that they are partially explained by the application of exist inglegal standards to transnational wars. Critics argue the the kind of war the US claims to be waging - transnational armed conflict - does not actuallly exist. McDonald analyzes the concepts of transnational war and the legal interpretations that underpin it ... . America's interpretations of sovereignty and international law shape and constitute war itself, with lethal consequences for the named and anonymous persons that it unilaterally defines as participants. McDonald's analysis helps us understand the social and legal construction of legitimate violence in warfare, and the relationship between legal opinions formed in US government departments and acts of violence half a world away."--Front book flap
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN KZ6373.2
SN 0-19-068307-4
SN 978-0-19-068307-8
K1 Targeted killing (International law)
K1 Targeted Killing : Government policy : United States
K1 Targeted Killing : United States
K1 United States : Foreign relations : 2009-2017
K1 United States : Politics and government : 2009-2017
K1 USA : Militärpolitik : Terrorismus : Kampf : Tötung : Vollziehende Gewalt