Research Catalog

Title

International law and the politics of urban air operations / Matthew C. Waxman.

Author

Waxman, Matthew C., 1972-

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Project Air Force (U.S.)

Description

xvii, 80 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Urban environments pose enormous difficulties for those planning and conducting military operations within the boundaries of international law and self-imposed political constraints. To help the Air Force develop concepts of operation to conduct joint urban military operations effectively and at lower risk to U.S. forces, this report examines the legal and political context within which urban air operations would take place.

Uniform Title

MR (Rand Corporation) ; 1175.

Subject

• Air warfare (International law)
• Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
• Aeronautics, Military > Law and legislation > United States
• POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > General
• POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General
• Aeronautics, Military > Law and legislation
• Humanitäres Völkerrecht
• Luftkrieg
• Aerial warfare
• United States

Note

• "MR-1175-AF."
• "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
• "Project AIR FORCE."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-80).

Contents

The Law of Armed Conflict and Urban Air Operations -- The International Legal Regime: Fundamental Concepts -- International Legal Constraints on Air Operations -- The Challenge of Urban Environments -- Population Density and Geographical Proximity -- Shared Military-Civilian Resources -- Media Coverage -- Political Constraints on Urban Operations -- American Casualty Sensitivity -- Sensitivity to Collateral Damage and Civilian Suffering -- Restrictive Rules of Engagement and Targeting -- Coalition Operations and Military Operations Other Than War -- Coalitions and Diplomatic Constraints -- MOOTW and Additional Constraints -- The Dynamics of Asymmetrical Constraints and Adversary Explottation -- Propaganda and the Asymmetry of Constraints -- The Dynamics of Constraints and Adversary Incentives to Breach -- Urban Environments and Adversary Exploitation of Asymmetrical Constraints -- Technology and Future Constraints on Urban Air Operations -- Precision Technology -- Informational Capabilities -- Nonlethal Weapons, Electronic/Information Warfare, and Limited-Effects Munitions.

ISBN

• 0833028162
• 9780833028167

LCCN

00036919

OCLC

• ocm43751803
• 43751803
• SCSB-1127195

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library