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American Wartime Values In Historical Perspective: Full-Employment Mobilization Or Business As Usual, Timothy A. Canova
American Wartime Values In Historical Perspective: Full-Employment Mobilization Or Business As Usual, Timothy A. Canova
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This paper explores the range of values implicated by war and compares today's dominant values with those that prevailed during previous American wars, with a particular emphasis on the World War Two and early Cold War period. War is related to values, and as economists like to remind us, what we value becomes apparent in the movement of people and prices. Part I of this Article considers the moral, ethical and monetary values that prevailed throughout the 1940's and early 1950's. The normative threads that kept the World War Two effort on track were those of mobilization and shared sacrifice. …
What Is War? Terrorism As War After 9/11, Jane Gilliland Dalton
What Is War? Terrorism As War After 9/11, Jane Gilliland Dalton
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
This paper addresses the topic of terrorism as war after September 11 th, 2001.
When Is A War Not A War? The Myth Of The Global War On Terror, Mary Ellen O'Connell
When Is A War Not A War? The Myth Of The Global War On Terror, Mary Ellen O'Connell
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The starting point of human rights law is the right of the individual, including the right not to be arbitrarily killed. The international law of armed conflict, which is very much older in its origins than human rights law, starts from totally different premises. The soldier has the right to kill another soldier
The "Fog Of War" On Terrorism: U.S. Policy, Deception, And The Continuing Slide Into The "Clash Of Civilizations", Dennis J.D. Sandole
The "Fog Of War" On Terrorism: U.S. Policy, Deception, And The Continuing Slide Into The "Clash Of Civilizations", Dennis J.D. Sandole
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
This article deals with the "new" terrorism, responses to it by the Bush administration, the impact of those policies on domestic and global security, and concludes with some brief recommendations for alternative approaches to national and global security.
The Importance Of Defining "War": Terrorism, Torture, Humanitarian Intervention And Private Military Companies, Joseph Runzo, Ph.D.
The Importance Of Defining "War": Terrorism, Torture, Humanitarian Intervention And Private Military Companies, Joseph Runzo, Ph.D.
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
As the immediate aftermath of 9-11 illustrated, war-and the threat of war-brings people in a society closer together as they look for security
Resurrecting "Romantics At War": International Self-Defense In The Shadow Of The Law Of War-Where Are The Borders?, Mohammed Saif-Alden Wattad
Resurrecting "Romantics At War": International Self-Defense In The Shadow Of The Law Of War-Where Are The Borders?, Mohammed Saif-Alden Wattad
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Rules relating to the use of force are among the traditional concerns of international law.