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Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict. By Michael L. Gross. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 321. Index. $92.00, £50, cloth; $29.99, £17.99, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 See, e.g., Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Art. 2(2), Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 UNTS 85.

2 See Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 584 U.S. 557, 562 (2006).

3 See Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, June 8, 1977, 1125 UNTS 3, 16 ILM 1391 (1977).

4 See Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-international Armed Conflicts, June 8, 1977, 1125 UNTS 609, 16 ILM 1442 (1977).

5 See Goldsmith, Jack, The Terror Presidency (2008)Google Scholar; Mayer, Jane, The Dark Side (2009)Google Scholar. In his just-released autobiography, Decision Points, former President Bush acknowledges that he authorized waterboarding but denies that it was a form of torture.