ISBN:
9780759112124
,
9780759112131
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 234 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Claremont Institute Series on Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Anthropologists in Arms
DDC:
303.485072
Keywords:
Military ethics
;
War and society
;
Applied anthropology
;
Anthropological ethics
Abstract:
Anthropologists in Arms traces the troubled history of social scientists' collaboration with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and analyzes the moral and ethical debates provoked by the rise of 'military anthropology'-particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Scholars and Soldiers; Chapter 2 "Rain in Camelot"; Chapter 3 Anthropology of, and for, the Military; Chapter 4 Ethics and the "Human Terrain"; Chapter 5 "CEAUSSIC Park"; Chapter 6 "Anthropologists without Borders"; Appendix; References; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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