The United States, International Law and the Struggle against Terrorism (eBook)

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Preface 1. The West's colonization of Muslim lands and the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism 2. "The global war on terrorism": a mislabeling of the terrorist challenge? Part 1: Imprisoning suspected agents of terror 3. "Torture light" 4. Torture heavy 5. The allure of the "ticking time bomb" hypothetical 6. Beyond locking 'em up and throwing away the key? Indefinite detention, habeas corpus, and the right to a fair trial Part 2: Stopping terrorists on the ground 7. Acceptable "collateral damage"? Taking innocent life in conducting the "war on terrorism" 8. Assassinating suspected terrorists: "the dark side" of the war on terror? 9. Carrying out the death penalty in the "war on terrorism": getting just desert or creating martyrs? 10. Ethnic and racial profiling: counterproductive in the "war on terrorism"? Part 3: Invading and Occupying Muslim Countries 11. The invasion and occupation of Iraq: aggression or a justified resort to force? 12. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan: the legal challenge posed by the haven state 13. Conquest, colonization and the right of self-determination