Counterinsurgent's Constitution: Law in the Age of Small Wars

by Ganesh Sitaraman

Book Overview

Since the "surge" in Iraq in 2006, counterinsurgency effectively became America's dominant approach for fighting wars. Yet many of the major controversies and debates surrounding counterinsurgency have turned not on military questions but on legal ones: Who can the military attack with drones? Is the occupation of Iraq legitimate? What tradeoffs should the military make between self-protection and civilian casualties? What is the right framework for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199930317
• ISBN13: 9780199930319
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.5"