E-grāmata: Issues in Military Ethics: To Support and Defend the Constitution

"Overall, this book should be mandatory reading for those in uniform Readers will not agree with all of Cook's arguments, but that is not the point. Professional military ethics is to be engagedconsistentlyover the course of one's time in uniform. In one book, Cook raises often ignored debates and tensions confronted by both junior and senior leaders. It is the sort of text one will return to repeatedly over time." Journal of Military Ethics

"The U.S. military is one of the most trusted institutions in American society. Martin Cook takes us inside the professional military establishment to examine the most contested ethical debates of the post-9/11 era. His candor and rigor reveal deep sources of American power: the virtues of reason and openness, and the capacity for self-correction. This book is an example of how moral argument has served our country and the world. It should be read by all who seek to understand the moral foundations of war, peace, and democracy in the early twenty-first century." Joel H. Rosenthal, President of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

"In this valuable book, Martin Cook brings to bear both his academic background in the study of philosophical, theological, and historical perspectives on ethics and the insider's understanding of issues in military ethics he has gained through his years of teaching and interacting with American military professionals. This special combination of Cook's experience and knowledge give him a rare perspective and understanding not only of what the important issues are today but how they have become so and how to think meaningfully about them." James Turner Johnson, author of Ethics and the Use of Force: Just War in Historical Perspective