This thesis is a case study on ethics within war. The thirteenth century Albigensian Crusade was a war against a heretical religious ideology known as Catharism whose tenets threatened the social order of Europe. The campaign took place in...
In the heat of battle the confusion could lead to Soldiers making unethical decisions that could change their future. These Soldiers often come to the decision to take innocent lives in a fit of rage or anger. Soldiers say it is justice while the...
The army is facing serious allegations against U.S. Soldiers slaying innocent civilian on the battlefield. Many military top officials feel that Soldiers would not report killing an innocent civilian during combat operations. In the past few years...
Criticism and condemnation of al-Qaeda that originate from the worldwide Muslim community present the most formidable challenge to its existence and legitimacy as an organization and movement. There is ample literature that questions whether or not...
The emerging operational environment of the United States military is characterized by a changing myriad of complex dimensions, the elements of which are often uncomfortably and in some cases drastically different from those encountered during the...
After the events of the 11 September 2001 and the advent of the War on Terrorism focused mainly against Al-Qaeda, interest in studying the Islamic groups has increased. Such enquiries can have a huge impact on both the Muslim World as well as the...
Usama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, declared war on the United States in a statement issued in August 1996. With the words, "It is a duty now on every tribe in the Arab Peninsula to fight in the cause of Allah and to cleanse the land from...
This monograph analyzes the common cause of the three incidents, Balangiga, No Gun Ri, and My Lai and discusses implications for the U.S. Army to prevent such incidents from recurring. The Balangiga incident took place in the last quarter of 1901,...
The future global system of international relations, the clash of civilizations, the revolution in military affairs, and the expansion of war present significant challenges to just-war theory. The problem is that modern definitions of just-war...
As the world’s urban areas continue to increase in size the possibility of U. S. forces conducting military operations in urbanized terrain also increases. However, the weapon systems the U. S. procures and employs obtain maximum effectiveness in...
Embraces the composition of a fifth column within a democracy and potential democratic fifth columns in totalitarian countries. A fifth column is composed of people, either individual or collectively whose activities take place within a nation...
“By personal study of history and the art and science of leadership, one understands
what worked and what did not. In a letter to his son on the eve of D-Day, George S. Patton
wrote: “To be a successful soldier you must know history. Read it...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States (US) as the single world superpower, the focus of the Army has shifted its threat paradigm from a focus on the Communist threat to that of multiple threats from both nation...
This monograph explores the evolution of genocide and mass atrocities from the 20th Century until today, focusing specifically on the ability and desirability of the US to employ the US Joint Force to protect innocent civilians from the hands of...
Guerrilla warfare is not vital because it increases noncombatant deaths of sovereign countries. Why do unconventional conflicts result in a large number of noncombatant deaths? History has shown us that military strategies used by regimes trying...
In all conflicts there are war crimes and atrocities committed, however, there are fewer in modern times than conflicts of the past. Throughout the 20th century, war crimes and atrocities were committed by different countries at war. Historical and...
The Department of Defense must do more to prevent the unethical behavior of its forces in Combat. The things we ask our fighting men and women to do sometimes place them in direct conflict with their personal values and beliefs. One of those...
Ethics and morality have its background in the way that we were raised, in religion or our environment. There can be different perceptions of ethic and sides of one problem or area of problems for different people. The professional ethic of the...
This study investigates military moral problems from the perspective of situation ethics. It explores the feasibility of a situational military ethic using the supreme moral imperative of universal concern which underlies all moral action and from...