2009•Durham Research Online (Durham University)Open access
Killing Many to Save a Few? Preliminary Thoughts about Avoiding Collateral Civilian Damage by Assassination of Regime Elites
Michael Bohlander
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Abstract
The chapter in the 2009 Warbrick Festschrift looks at the issue of regime assassinations as an alternative to causing widespread civilian collateral damage. It describes a historical overview of the development of the concept of assassination and goes on to presen the results of a student questionnaire pilot study at Durham related to scenarios of assassinations.