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Hartle, Anthony Elwood was born on December 28, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Lawrence Elwood Hartle and Doris Jean (DeMaree) Welday.
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Moral Issues in Military Decision Making
(Much has changed in warfare in recent years, with America...)
Much has changed in warfare in recent years, with America now dominant on the international scene and terrorism the new enemy. In light of these changes, the need for moral grounding in military actions is a more pressing concern than ever. When it was originally published, Moral Issues in Military Decision Making reflected the concerns posed by nuclear stalemate and the lessons of Vietnam. In that highly-praised work, Anthony Hartle outlined the essential elements of the Professional Military Ethic created for American military forces. In this new edition, he reexamines the moral foundations for America’s military leadership in the post-9/11 era. Considering world affairs since the first edition—the Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, 9/11, and the emergence of the United States as an unrivaled military power—Hartle explains how these events have raised ethical issues that differ dramatically from those of the Cold War. He assesses how moral, legal, and psychological concerns have been impacted by the war on terrorism, homeland defense, asymmetric warfare, the proliferation of American military interventions, and the UN’s role in peacekeeping operations. Using meticulously analyzed case studies—twice as many as in the first edition—he considers such moral dilemmas as torture, challenging superior officers, use of overwhelming force, and responding to fire in the presence of civilian shields. In this revision, Hartle examines further the status of professional military ethics in light of current affairs, changes in the articulation of military values, and recent research. In a new chapter on human rights, he relates moral principles directly to values embedded in the Constitution and argues that overwhelming American military power cannot succeed unless it is accompanied by the moral force of the values it seeks to protect. His discussion of global anti-terrorist operations focuses especially on the difficulties of applying conventional laws of war and human rights doctrine in military operations. Hartle convincingly shows that national security is as much about the preservation of moral principles as it is about the protection of America’s citizens and borders. His book demonstrates that the American military must continue to observe those principles in order to be effective in its primary mission.
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Anthony Elwood Hartle
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Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1964; Master of Arts, Duke U., 1971; MMAS, CGSC, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1982.
Career
Infantry platoon leader, 173d Airborne Brigade, 1964-1965;
instructor Counterguerrilla Operations, USAIS, 1966-1967;
infantry company commander, 199th Light Infantry Brigade, 1968-1969;
instructor, assistant professor, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1971-1974;
operations officer, 2d Infantry Division, 1975-1976;
Executive officer 2d Battalion, 502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, 1976-1977;
commander 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, 1978-1979;
associate professor philosophy, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1982-1988;
professor philosophy, United States Military Academy, West Point, since 1988. Deputy head department English United States Military Academy, West Point, since 1994. Fellow U.Tex., Austin, 1981-1982.
Visiting fellow Wolfson College, Cambridge U., 1991-1992. Vice dean, United States Milit. Academy, since 1995.
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Moral Issues in Military Decision Making
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Moral Issues in Military Decision Making
Membership
Member American Philosophical Association, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Society for Advancement of America Philosophy, North American Society for Social Philosophy, Association United States Army, Creighton Club, Association for Applied and Professional Ethics, Joint Superior vena cava syndrome Conference on Professional Ethics (chairman since 1993).
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Married Karen Ann Wilson, November 22, 1964. Children: Lori Lyn, Christopher Lee, Kimberly Kay.
