U.S. Military Operations

Geoffrey S. Corn is a Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law in Houston; he retired in 2004 from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Professor Corn's teaching and scholarship focuses on the law of armed conflict, national security law, criminal law and procedure, and prosecutorial ethics. He has appeared as an expert witness at the Military Commission in Guantanamo, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and in federal court. Professor Corn is the lead author of The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Perspective, co-author of The War on Terror and the Laws of War, Second Edition, and a co-author of Principles of Counter-Terrorism Law.Rachel E. VanLandingham is an Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles; she retired in 2012 from the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel. Her teaching focuses on national security law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. The Vice President of the National Institute of Military Justice, Professor VanLandingham's scholarship includes articles on both military justice and international humanitarian law, the latter greatly influenced by her operational experience as the Chief, International Law at HQ, U.S. Central Command while on active duty.Shane R. Reeves is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Head in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Additionally, he is also the Program Director for the Law and Legal Studies Major and the Course Director for Constitutional and Military Law, which is required of all cadets. A 1996 West Point graduate, LTC Reeves served in several operational positions as both an Armor officer and as a Judge Advocate. He has a number of publications and lectures often on the law of armed conflict.

• Foreword / General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army, Retired1. The U.S. Judge Advocate In Contemporary Military Operations: Counsel, Conscience, Advocate, Consigliere, or all of the above? / Renn Gade2. Modern Weapons And The Law of Armed Conflict / Dave Wallace and Shane R. Reeves3. Legal Classification Of Military Operations, Geoffrey S. Corn4. The Jus Ad Bellum, Geoffrey S. Corn5. Military Cyberspace Operations, Gary Brown, Paul Walker, & Anthony Bell III6. Targeting And The Law of Armed Conflict, Gary P. Corn, James Dapper & Winston Williams 7. Developing Rules of Engagement: Operationalizing Law, Policy and Military Imperatives At The Strategic Level, Gary P. Corn 8. Tactical Implementation of Rules of Engagement In A Multinational Force Reality, Jody M. Prescott9. Detention Operations: A Strategic View, Sandra L. Hodgkinson10. Detention Operations At The Tactical And Operational Levels: A Procedural Approach, Jeffrey Bovarnick & Jack Vrett11. Multinational Operations, Richard C. Gross & Ian Henderson12. Modern U.S. Military Operations And The International Committee of the Red Cross: The Department Of Defense's Unique Relationship With The Guardian Of International Humanitarian Law, Rachel E. VanLandingham13. Environmental Law In Military Operations, Mark P. Nevitt14. Soldiers In Combat And Military Justice, Charles N. Pede15. Operational Claims, Jim Barkei16. Intelligence Law, Richard M. Whitaker17. Legal Issues in Special Operations, Matthew R. Grant & Todd C. Huntley18. Medical Operations, Geoffrey S. Corn19. Belligerent Occupation, Marc Warren 20. United Nations Peace Operations: Creating Space for Peace, Chris Jenks21. Maritime Interdiction Operations, Stephanie Smart22. Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Issues and Implications For National Security Lawyers, Todd W. Pennington23. Defense Support Of Civil Authorities Responding to Natural and Man-Made Disasters, Kevin H. GovernIndex

This book should be considered an essential resource for anyone genuinely interested in understanding the law of military operations. No true understanding of the exercise of U.S. military power can be attained without a solid appreciation for how the law shapes military missions and their outcomes. This book contributes to that appreciation, and it does so with a nuanced sophistication I've come to expect from the remarkable ranks of attorney warfighters who are the United States' JAGs." (From the Foreword) -General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army, Retired