| Title | : | Lethality in Combat |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Tom Lewis |
| Release | : | 2012-02-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Military History, Books, History |
| Size | : | 4583297 |
| Lethality in Combat shines a blazing light on the three most controversial aspects of military combat: the necessity of killing; the taking, or not, of prisoners; and the targeting of civilians. This book argues that when a nation-state sends its soldiers to fight, the state must accept the full implications of this, uncomfortable as they may be. Drawing on seven conflicts – the Boer War, World Wars I and II, and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and Iraq – the author considers these ethical issues. Lethality in Combat lifts the veil on the much-misunderstood but very real and secret world of unsanitised war. |
