Enemies Known and Unknown: Targeted Killings in America's Transnational Wars

by Jack McDonald

Book Overview

President Obama was elected on an anti-war platform, yet targeted killings have increased under his command of the 'War on Terror'. The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet such targeted killings have been widely decried as extra-judicial violations of human rights. This book examines these paradoxes, arguing that they are partially explained by the application of existing legal standards to transnational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190683074
• ISBN13: 9780190683078
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.4"