title: Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation (Scarecrow Professional Intelligence Education Series)
author:  David L. Perry 
description: A useful contribution to military ethics writing and a good general introduction to the field. It is recommended. (<i>Parameters: Us Army And War College Quarterly</i>)<br /><br />Recommended. (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />With <i> Partly Cloudy, </i> David Perry has made a substantial and timely contribution to current thinking on ethical issues surrounding both intelligence work, and war in general. His book highly deserves the close attention and discussion it is likely to generate among military and other ethicists and professionals. (Eric Jens <i>International Journalof Intelligence Ethics</i>)<br /><br />David Perry is eminently qualified to discuss the sort of ethical problems that can (and often do) arise in the conduct of war and intelligence operations.  [His] background, combined with Perry's years of research in open-source material on the work of military and intelligence personnel, his conversations with members of those professions that has yielded both frightening and heart-rendering testimony from soldiers and intelligence operative, and his careful and always balanced ethical analyses, make for a uniquely rich and discerning narrative. He also writes in an accessible and engaging style, which makes his books a delight to read. There is much to admire in <i> Partly Cloudy </i>. I warmly recommend this book to military officers, intelligence personnel, and anyone who wants to understand better the often difficult moral issues that arise in connection with the activities Perry describes. (<i>Philosophy In Review</i>)<br /><br />When it comes to situations involving war, assassinations, bombing, torture, imprisonment of people without trial or conviction, or other similar acts, we may react without much thought regarding morality and ethics, when the harm is directed at our society. This book is an opportunity for the reader, whether a practitioner or not, to step back and ask "why?" (<i>International Association For Intelligence Education</i>)<br /><br />David L. Perry's 2009 book, <i>Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation</i>, makes significant contributions to the ongoing discourse on some of the thorniest issues in military ethics. Perry has a solid background in theology and philosophy and taught ethics for several years to senior military officers and policy-makers at the US Army War College. As a result, he is well-versed in the Just War tradition and the current range of international scholarship in the field. This allows him to provide the reader with rich background and context for modern debates on subjects such as torture. He offers incisive analyses of established perspectives alongside his own original insights. <i>Partly Cloudy</i> will have value both to those who desire to remain current in the literature and those seeking a quality text for a course on the ethics of war. The outlook for ethics in war, espionage, covert action, and interrogation may indeed be <i>Partly Cloudy</i>, but Dave Perry's clear-eyed contemplation of these murky matters is enlightening. (<i>Journal Of Military Ethics</i>)
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