Targeted Killings

Miller, Seumas

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Targeted Killings

Date

2012

Authors

Miller, Seumas

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

Targeted killings and assassinations are closely related, but not identical, phenomena; moreover, neither has a precise and accepted definition. While this article is principally concerned with targeted killings, it is useful to begin by briefly considering assassinations.