Grayling, A.C.
Among the dead cities : is the targeting of civilians in war ever justified? A.C. Grayling - London : Bloomsbury, 2014. - xviii, 351 p. : maps ; 22 cm. - Bloomsbury revelations .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maps -- Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition -- Introduction: Was It A Crime? -- The Bomber War -- The Experience of the Bombed -- The Mind of the Bomber -- Voices of Conscience -- The Case Against the Bombing -- The Defence of Area Bombing -- Judgement -- Postscript -- Appendix.
Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century--the age of 'total war'--marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but it is an issue that remains relevant today with the needs of the 'War on Terror' used to justify the use of drone strikes. In Among the Dead Cities, A.C. Grayling explores these moral issues in all their complexity with a detailed examination of the Allied bombing of German cities during World War 2. Considering the cases for and against the area bombing and the experiences of the bombed and the bombers, Grayling asks: Was the targeting of civilians in Germany a crime? Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes a new afterword by the author considering the issues in light of later conflicts up to the present day.
9781472526038
2013050027
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Moral and ethical aspects
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Moral and ethical aspects
Civilian war casualties--History--Germany--20th century
Civilian war casualties--History--Japan--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japan
Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany
Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects--Japan
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY / Political
HISTORY / Military / World War II
D790.2 / .G73 2014
940.54/4973
Among the dead cities : is the targeting of civilians in war ever justified? A.C. Grayling - London : Bloomsbury, 2014. - xviii, 351 p. : maps ; 22 cm. - Bloomsbury revelations .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maps -- Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition -- Introduction: Was It A Crime? -- The Bomber War -- The Experience of the Bombed -- The Mind of the Bomber -- Voices of Conscience -- The Case Against the Bombing -- The Defence of Area Bombing -- Judgement -- Postscript -- Appendix.
Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century--the age of 'total war'--marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but it is an issue that remains relevant today with the needs of the 'War on Terror' used to justify the use of drone strikes. In Among the Dead Cities, A.C. Grayling explores these moral issues in all their complexity with a detailed examination of the Allied bombing of German cities during World War 2. Considering the cases for and against the area bombing and the experiences of the bombed and the bombers, Grayling asks: Was the targeting of civilians in Germany a crime? Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes a new afterword by the author considering the issues in light of later conflicts up to the present day.
9781472526038
2013050027
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Moral and ethical aspects
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Moral and ethical aspects
Civilian war casualties--History--Germany--20th century
Civilian war casualties--History--Japan--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japan
Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany
Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects--Japan
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY / Political
HISTORY / Military / World War II
D790.2 / .G73 2014
940.54/4973