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Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
ISBN-13:
9781135760212
Veröffentl:
2004
Seiten:
286
Autor:
Brian Rappert
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This work discusses the technologies and ethics of non-lethal weapons, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
Part 1 Claims and expectations: what's in a name?; tools of the trade; threats and promises. Part 2 Technologies, contexts and controls: weapons of minimal harm? assessing effects; on to the streets - examining major deployments of non-lethals; controlling evaluations - the prospects for prohibitions. Part 3 Case studies: CS sprays in Britain; gauging electroshock weapons; humanitarian interventions, humanitarian tools?. Conclusions and recommendations.
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