Identifying the Enemy: Civilian Participation in Armed Conflict

by Emily Crawford

Over the past twenty-five years, significant changes in the conduct of wars have increasingly placed civilians in traditional military roles - employing civilians to execute drone strikes, the 'targeted killing' of suspected terrorists, the use of private security contractors in combat zones, and the spread of cyber attacks. Under the laws of armed conflict, civilians cannot be targeted unless they take direct part in hostilities. Once civilians take...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199678499
• ISBN13: 9780199678495
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"