Political Assassination, the Strategic Precision Weapon of Choice

Abstract

In the dark environment of the new millennium where asymmetric forms of warfare will be the choice of attack by rogue states and non-state entities, political assassination offers the prospect of being the ultimate precision weapon to counter the agents that would wage such a war. This paper explores the history of assassination as a tool of US foreign policy, reviews the current US policy that limits the U.S. government's use of assassination, and argues that the policy should be discarded for a more pragmatic approach given the age in which Americans live.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401904

Entities

People

  • Victor D. Irvin

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Congress
  • Covert Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.