Non-lethal weapons as legitimizing forces? : technology, politics, and the management of conflict /
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| Author / Creator: | Rappert, Brian. |
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| Imprint: | London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003. |
| Description: | xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4908987 |
| Summary: | As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 071465440X 0714683604 |