Democracies and the ethics of war : the record of the past / François Cochet -- The international laws of war and the fight against terrorism / Emmanuel Decaux -- The French state faced with the Algerian nationalists (1954-1962) : a war against terrorism? / Raphaëlle Branche -- Agents and ambushes : Britain's "Dirty War" in Northern Ireland / Martyn Frampton -- Democracy and norms of war : locating moral responsibility for atrocity in Iraq / Neta C. Crawford -- The British way of warfare and the global war on terror / Alastair Finlan -- Between humanitarian logic and operational effectiveness : how the Israeli army faced the second intifada / Samy Cohen -- The armed forces, power, and society : 18 years of counterinsurgency in Indian Kashmir / Frédéric Grare -- The army of the Fifth Republic and the ethics of war in contemporary conflicts / Bastien Irondelle -- Russia's war in Chechnya : the discourse of counterterrorism and the legitimation of violence / Anne Le Huérou and Amandine Regamay -- Algeria : is an authoritarian regime more effective in combating terrorist movements? / Luis Martinez