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Choice Of Weapons

Choice of Weapons is a methodological principle in the academic study of military ethics and international humanitarian law that refers to the obligation of belligerents to select weapons and tactics that minimize unnecessary harm and collateral damage, distinguishing it from general weapon selection by its grounding in legal and ethical norms governing armed conflict.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Starve and immolate: the politics of human weapons

Andrea Roca · Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 149 citations · Full text

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A Theory of the Laws of War

Eric A. Posner · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2002 · 107 citations · Full text

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Starve and immolate: The politics of human weapons

Martin O. Saar · Contemporary Political Theory · 2015 · 89 citations · Full text

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The Ownership of the Means of Destruction: Weapons in the United States

James D. Wright, Linda L. Marston · Social Problems · 1975 · 88 citations

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Evaluating the costs of a sexually selected weapon: big horns at a small price

Erin L. McCullough, Douglas J. Emlen · Animal Behaviour · 2013 · 80 citations

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Authors

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  1. AJ
    Andrew J. Pierre

    The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    3 publications · 71 citations

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  2. ZR
    Zbigniew R. Bogdanowicz

    Arsenal Medical (United States), United States

    2 publications · 105 citations

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  3. MS
    Michal Smetana

    Charles University, Czechia

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  4. JI
    James Igoe Walsh

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  5. MV
    Marek Vranka

    Charles University, Czechia

    2 publications · 61 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    123 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    123 citations

  4. British Academy

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. Northwestern Polytechnical University

    Xi'an, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Foreign Affairs

    4 publications · 91 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 169 citations

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  3. World Politics

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  4. International Affairs

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 162 citations

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