{"product_id":"humane-samuel-moyn-9781839766190","title":"Humane","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rise of American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war. But what if efforts to make war more ethical-to ban torture and limit  civilian casualties-have only shored up the military enterprise and made  it sturdier? During this period the  campaign to abolish wars has transformed into to opposing war crimes, with fateful consequences. The ramifications of this shift became apparent in the post-9\/11 era. By  that time, the US military had embraced the agenda of humane war,  driven both by the availability of precision weaponry and the need to  protect its image. The battle shifted from the streets to the courtroom,  where the tactics of the war on terror were litigated but its  foundational assumptions went without serious challenge. These trends  only accelerated during the Obama and Trump presidencies. Even as the  two administrations spoke of American power and morality in radically  different tones, they ushered in the second decade of the \"forever\" war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHumane  is the story of how America went off to fight and never came back, and  how armed combat was transformed from an imperfect tool for resolving  disputes into an integral component of the modern condition. As American  wars have become more humane, they have also become endless. This  provocative book argues that this development might not represent  progress at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel Moyn","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174031851763,"sku":"9781839766190","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781839766190.jpg?v=1662062345","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/humane-samuel-moyn-9781839766190","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}