Chapter 7. Force Protection, Military Advantage, and “Constant Care” for Civilians

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. The American Way of Bombing 1
5. Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
6. Chapter 1. Strategic Bombardment 27
7. Chapter 2. Bombing Civilians after World War II 47
8. Chapter 3. Targeting Civilians and U.S. Strategic Bombing 64
9. Chapter 4. The Law Applies, But Which Law? 87
10. Part II. Interpreting, Criticizing, and Creating Legal Restrictions
11. Chapter 5. Clever or Clueless? 109
12. Chapter 6. The American Way of Bombing and International Law 131
13. Chapter 7. Force Protection, Military Advantage, and “Constant Care” for Civilians 145
14. Chapter 8. Civilian Deaths and American Power 158
15. Part III. Constructing New Norms
16. Chapter 9. Proportionality and Restraint on the Use of Force 175
17. Chapter 10. Toward an Anthropology of Drones 191
18. Chapter 11. What’s Wrong with Drones? 207
19. Chapter 12. Banning Autonomous Killing 224
20. Notes 237
21. List of Contributors 301
22. Index 303