Moral Considerations When Fighting A War of Annihilation: A Case Study of The SRI Lankan Civil War

Abstract

This paper examines the moral considerations the president of Sri Lanka may have pondered in his decision to end peace negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and instead begin a military campaign to annihilate the LTTE. With neither side willing to give in to the others demands, after 23 year of civil war, the presidents pursuit of a decisive victory through a war of annihilation could be more humane than prolonging the war indefinitely. A war of annihilation maybe justified using ethical calculus to evaluate the benefits of ending a protracted civil.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176526

Entities

People

  • David W Leider

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Civil War
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Litmus Tests
  • Marine Corps
  • New York
  • Security
  • Sri Lanka
  • Terrorism
  • United Nations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

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