Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimizing Forces?: Technology, Politics, and the Management of ConflictAs 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. |
Contents
Threats and Promises | 62 |
Assessing Effects | 91 |
Examining Major Deployments | 122 |
The Prospects for Prohibitions | 148 |
CS Sprays in Britain | 187 |
Gauging Electroshock Weapons | 202 |
Humanitarian Interventions Humanitarian Tools? | 237 |
Conclusions and Recommendations | 251 |
Select Bibliography | 277 |
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