Violent Alternatives to War

Jean-Francois Caron

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Violent Alternatives to War

Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism

Jean-Francois Caron

Volume 1 in the series Facing Contemporary Terrorism

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110729894

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About this book

When we take a look back at the way Western states have fought terrorist organizations in the last 20 years, it is difficult not to think that these alternatives to war might have been more ethical than the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and in 2003. These cases speak for themselves as they have both led to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, which is highly paradoxical in light of the logic that supported these interventions. There is a need to think of alternatives to war that will imply the legitimization of proactive sets of measures that would allow states to effectively prevent terrorist attacks through the use of kinetic force in a limited extent as a way to avoid the terrible and unpredictable effects of wars.

Violent Alternatives to War: Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism engages in a moral discussion of the challenges associated with violent alternatives to war when confronting terrorism and suggests a comprehensive approach to how this form of violence can be legitimized and how it ought to be used against this contemporary threat.

First book length analysis of the value, meaning and extent of violent alternatives to war against terrorism.
Shifts the focus of analysis to the ethics of counterterrorism.
Offers perspective that is not region-specific, with wide applicability.

Author information

Jean-François Caron, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, and University of Opole, Poland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Understanding Contemporary Terrorism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Chapter 2: The Shortcomings of the Just War Approach Against Terrorism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 3: Revisiting the Notion of the Pre-emptive Attack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 4: Thinking About Violent Alternatives to War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Chapter 5: Justifying Lethal Alternatives to War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of Political Science, esp. with a focus on War Ethics, Political Violence, Security & Conflicts.
Pages
- Front matter: 5
- Main content: 121
Keywords: Terrorism; Political Violence; Alternatives to War; Just War Theory

eBook

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110729894

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110731286