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This book addresses the question of when (if ever) and why (if at all) it is justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing. In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, and explores the moral and social costs of militarization.
Cover -- Ethics, Security, and The War-Machine: The True Cost of the Military -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Jus Ante Bellum: Justifying the War-Machine -- Non-Pacifistic Anti-Militarism -- The True Cost of the Military: Outline of the Book -- 1: Military Conditioning and Moral Damage -- Introduction -- Making Killers -- Moral Injury -- Dehumanization Done Right? -- Self-Forgetfulness and Obedience Unto Death -- Conclusion -- 2: The Coup Risk -- Introduction -- Foreign Occupation, Self-Definition, and Human Rights -- The Civil-Military Gap
Warrior-Class Consciousness -- Co-nationality and the Human Responses -- Nowhere is 'Coup-proof' -- Conclusion -- 3: On Fear-Induced Aggression -- Introduction -- Reciprocal Fear of Surprise Attack -- Preventive Wars -- A New Normative Order? -- Conclusion -- 4: Cognitive Bias and the Misuse of Military Power -- Introduction -- Overconfidence and Reasonable Prospects of Success -- The Law of the Hammer and Last Resort -- Illusions of Control and Accidental Civilian Casualties -- Attribution Error and Proportionality -- Conclusion -- 5: Martial Values in Civilian Life -- Militarization
Of Law Enforcement -- Of Business -- Of Education -- Necessary vs. Surplus Militarization -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Towards 'Post-Military' Defence? -- Introduction -- Civilian Defence Systems -- Post-Military Pathologies and Advantages -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethics, Security, and the War Machine : The True Cost of the Military
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