This volume offers a set of concise and accessible introductions to the seminal figures in the historical development of the just war tradition. In what, if any

Just War Thinking reconsiders the intersection between morality and pragmatics in foreign policy and modern warfare. The book argues that a political ethic of r

Available Again! Long before the "shock and awe" campaign against Iraq in March 2003, debates swarmed around the justifications of the U.S.-led war to depose Sa

For the last several decades, the Just-War debate amongst theologians has been dominated by two accounts of moral rationality. One side assumes a presumption ag

This book rewrites the history of Christian peace ethics. Christian reflection on reducing violence or overcoming war has roots extending back to ancient Roman

The book covers a wide range of topics and raises issues rarely touched on in the ethics-of-war literature, such as environmental concerns and the responsibilit

Contemporary Western war is represented as enacting the West's ability and responsibility to help make the world a better place for others, in particular to pro

This book provides a stimulating discussion of, and introduction to, just war theory.

This user-friendly reference systematically covers the entire intellectual history of strategy and war, in all cultures and all times.

This book explores how states, scholars and other actors have justified war from early modernity to the present. Looking at narratives of the justification of w