Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century: Moving Beyond Clausewitz

This book examines the importance of "military ethics" in the formulation and conduct of contemporary military strategy.

Clausewitz’s original analysis of war relegated ethics to the side-lines in favor of political realism, interpreting the proper use of military power solely to further the political goals of the state, whatever those may be. This book demonstrates how such single-minded focus no longer suffices to secure the interest of states, for whom the nature of warfare has evolved to...