Distinguished Lecture in Global Security Law & Policy - Elizabeth Hillman

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Channel: Case Western Reserve University · 2009 · Education

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Distinguished Lecture in Global Security Law & Policy
Elizabeth Hillman - Visiting Professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law
March 20, 2008 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Bomber Generals and the New Laws of War: Terror, Romance, and American Air Power
The legal and military history of U.S. bombing since World War II.  Legality of orders, weapons, armed conflict and the role of public opinion in shaping judicial decisions.  The impact of charismatic leaders on military power, the romanticization of air power, and the history of civilian targeting in U.S. warfare.

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