Morality and contemporary warfare / James Turner Johnson.
Morality and contemporary warfare / James Turner Johnson.
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New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N172.42/23
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English
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Physical content
ix, 259 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Politics, Power, and the International Order -- 2. Conditions for Just Resort to Armed Force: Just Cause, Competent Authority, and Right Intention in Historical and Contemporary Context -- 3. The Question of Intervention -- 4. War Against Noncombatants -- 5. Conflicts Inflamed by Cultural Differe...
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"When is the use of military force by a nation morally justified? Why has the long accepted moral requirement to protect civilians from intentional attack eroded in recent years? How can the tendency toward unrestrained warfare between parties with major cultural differences be controlled? In this book, James Turner Johnson refocuses the moral anal...
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Morality and contemporary warfare / James Turner Johnson.
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Morality and contemporary warfare.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N172.42/23
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74VvoVWzjLQy
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ISBN
0300078374
9780300078374 (alk. paper)
0300078374 (alk. paper)
9780300078374
DDC
172.42
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991013240309702626
