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Among the Dead Cities: Is the Targeting of Civilians in War Ever Justified? - Couverture souple

Grayling, Professor A. C.

 
9780747586036: Among the Dead Cities: Is the Targeting of Civilians in War Ever Justified?
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0747586039 ISBN 13 : 9780747586036
Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007

Synopsis

Britain and the USA carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan in the course of the Second World War, which ended with the destruction of Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was the bombing of civilian targets justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in fact, a crime against humanity? How should we, the descendants of the Allies who won the victory in that war, reply to the moral challenge of the descendants of those whose cities were targeted? A.C. Grayling looks at the stands people took, both for and against, and crucially asks what the lessons are that we can learn for today about how people should behave in a world of tension and moral confusion, of terrorism and fragile democracies. "Among the Dead Cities" is both a lucid and revealing work of modern history and an investigation of conscience into one of the last remaining controversies of that time.

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À propos de l'auteur

A. C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, UK. He has written and edited numerous works of philosophy and is the author of biographies of Descartes and William Hazlitt. He believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and is a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television programmes, including Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week and CNN news. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos, and advises on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups.

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0747586039
ISBN 13 
9780747586036
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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