Targeted Killing

'Few issues are more controversial today than targeted killing; Gunneflo's book provides two invaluable contributions for anyone interested in the topic: a convincing theoretical lens and a sense of historical perspective.' Luca Trenta, Political Studies Review 'Ultimately, Gunneflo's book offers much more than a legal history of targeted killing, even though it certainly does so and, indeed, in an elegant and nuanced manner. Rather, the book at hand invites us to reflect on the implications of grounding sovereign authority on protection, the importance for the legal architecture of political violence of the functions of the state as a machine producing legal power, and the consequences of the collapse of the distinction between law-making and law-preserving violence ... the book offers crucial insights ...' Ntina Tzouvala, Journal of Conflict and Security Law 'By weaving relatively unknown legal debates from previous decades with illuminating theoretical insights, Gunneflo makes an important contribution to a topic that has preoccupied countless commentators: drone warfare. He offers what Michel Foucault called a history of the present. The study seeks to answer the very basic question: how did we get here?' Itamar Mann, Voelkerrechtsblog 'The virtues of Targeted Killing: A Legal and Political History are too many to address in such a brief note. They range from a sophisticated methodological approach to both international law in history and the history of international law; to the illuminating treatment of central conceptual international legal fault lines such as the relationship between the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello, and that of human rights law and the law of armed conflict; to the crucially original insights into how sovereign political authority is maintained and spread through the increasing legalization of targeted killing.' Ioannis Kalpouzos, Voelkerrechtsblog 'Markus Gunneflo's book shows how the normalization of targeted killing emerged through extensive legal work. Offering a meticulous account of history and practice, the book highlights the law and politics of protection in the dispute on killing to protect ... Targeted Killing presents an urgent, excellent opportunity to understand and contest these practices and developments.' Nahed Samour, Voelkerrechtsblog `Few issues are more controversial today than targeted killing; Gunneflo's book provides two invaluable contributions for anyone interested in the topic: a convincing theoretical lens and a sense of historical perspective.' Luca Trenta, Political Studies Review `Ultimately, Gunneflo's book offers much more than a legal history of targeted killing, even though it certainly does so and, indeed, in an elegant and nuanced manner. Rather, the book at hand invites us to reflect on the implications of grounding sovereign authority on protection, the importance for the legal architecture of political violence of the functions of the state as a machine producing legal power, and the consequences of the collapse of the distinction between law-making and law-preserving violence ... the book offers crucial insights ...' Ntina Tzouvala, Journal of Conflict and Security Law 'By weaving relatively unknown legal debates from previous decades with illuminating theoretical insights, Gunneflo makes an important contribution to a topic that has preoccupied countless commentators: drone warfare. He offers what Michel Foucault called a history of the present. The study seeks to answer the very basic question: how did we get here?' Itamar Mann, Voelkerrechtsblog `The virtues of Targeted Killing: A Legal and Political History are too many to address in such a brief note. They range from a sophisticated methodological approach to both international law in history and the history of international law; to the illuminating treatment of central conceptual international legal fault lines such as the relationship between the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello, and that of human rights law and the law of armed conflict; to the crucially original insights into how sovereign political authority is maintained and spread through the increasing legalization of targeted killing.' Ioannis Kalpouzos, Voelkerrechtsblog `Markus Gunneflo's book shows how the normalization of targeted killing emerged through extensive legal work. Offering a meticulous account of history and practice, the book highlights the law and politics of protection in the dispute on killing to protect ... Targeted Killing presents an urgent, excellent opportunity to understand and contest these practices and developments.' Nahed Samour, Voelkerrechtsblog