Just war theory focuses primarily on bodily harm, such as killing,
maiming, and torture, while other harms are often largely overlooked. At
the same time, contemporary international conflicts increasingly
involve the use of unarmed tactics, employing 'softer' alternatives or
supplements to kinetic power that have not been sufficiently addressed
by the ethics of war or international law.
Soft war tactics include
cyber-warfare and economic sanctions, media warfare, and propaganda, as
well as non-violent resistance as it plays out in civil disobedience,
boycotts, and 'lawfare.' While the just war tradition has much to say
about 'hard' war - bullets, bombs, and bayonets - it is virtually silent
on the subject of 'soft' war. Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict
illuminates this neglected aspect of international conflict.
Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict: Michael L. Gross, Tamar Meisels, Michael Walzer: 9781107584785: Amazon.com: Books:
maiming, and torture, while other harms are often largely overlooked. At
the same time, contemporary international conflicts increasingly
involve the use of unarmed tactics, employing 'softer' alternatives or
supplements to kinetic power that have not been sufficiently addressed
by the ethics of war or international law.
Soft war tactics include
cyber-warfare and economic sanctions, media warfare, and propaganda, as
well as non-violent resistance as it plays out in civil disobedience,
boycotts, and 'lawfare.' While the just war tradition has much to say
about 'hard' war - bullets, bombs, and bayonets - it is virtually silent
on the subject of 'soft' war. Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict
illuminates this neglected aspect of international conflict.
Soft War: The Ethics of Unarmed Conflict: Michael L. Gross, Tamar Meisels, Michael Walzer: 9781107584785: Amazon.com: Books:
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