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Death by Moderation

The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons

By: David A. Koplow

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Hardcover | 30 November 2009

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This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military operations ''other than war'' (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new generations of ''useable'' weaponry should enable the U.S. military to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with legal obligations, public relations realities, and political constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding precision-guided ''smart bombs'', low-yield nuclear weapons, self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Military Engineering Law International Law Public International Law International Humanitarian Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Constitutional & Administrative Law Military & Defence Law

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xix
Revolutionary Weapons and Transformed War	p. 1
Deterrence and Self-Deterrence	p. 28
The Law of Armed Conflict	p. 55
Precision-Guided Munitions	p. 79
Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons	p. 104
Smart Antipersonnel Land Mines	p. 132
Antisatellite Weapons	p. 150
Nonlethal Weapons	p. 188
What to Do about Useability	p. 216
Index	p. 259
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Death by Moderation

The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons

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