Liberal wars : Anglo-American strategy, ideology, and practice / edited by Alan Cromartie.
This book addresses the relationship between the 'liberal' values of Anglo-Saxon cultures and the way that they conduct themselves when they are fighting - or preparing to fight - wars. The United States and the United Kingdom are characterised by a consensus that their social and politica...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2015.
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| Series: | Contemporary security studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'Why We Bomb You': liberal war-makingand moral relativism in the RAF bomber offensive, 1940-45; 2 The liberal and non-liberal justification of violence against civilians; 3 Can there be a liberal military strategy?; 4 Enhancing American strategic competency; 5 War, sovereignty, and civilization from Bodin to Rawls; 6 The Iraq Inquiries: publicity, secrecy, and liberal war; 7 Maps of the mind: distance and modern war; 8 Not peace, not war: America since 1945; Index.