Ethics into the 21st Battlefield

Abstract

Todays battlefield is ever changing with an unseen enemy engaging in asymmetric warfare in order to defeat the United States war power. The future battlefield will likely have an enemy with a militant ideology, such as fundamentalist Islam, using guerrilla and terroristic tactics for their cause to defeat modernization. Intuitively, we understand the corrosive effects of irregular warfare engaging an unseen enemy that won't respect the laws of war tempting U.S. troops to abandon its professional ethic. Soldiers will be faced with many diverse ethical dilemmas engaging the enemy into the 21st century battlefield. How can we prepare ourselves, defending our nations values and principles, in demonstrating ethical behavior in combat under the watchful eye of the international community?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 2008
Accession Number
AD1121361

Entities

People

  • Patrick Tomkins

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Battlefields
  • Communities
  • Criminals
  • Education
  • Failed States
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Middle East
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • North Africa
  • Operations Security
  • Personality
  • Reasoning
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies