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Title: Just War: Principles and Cases by Regan Richard J., Richard J. Regan ISBN: 0813208564 Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr Pub. Date: September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Summary: Just War Doctrine for the new millennium
Comment: Just War Doctrine represents Western civilization's cumulative wisdom about what is and is not permissible in war. The Just War tradition can be traced back to Aristotle and Cicero, although early Christian thinkers were major contributors to the development of the Doctrine. Regan makes the point that Just War Doctrine is an exercise in practical reasoning. War is something people do; clearly not everything is permissible in war (e.g., atrocities); the statesman or the general must have some guidelines regarding what is and is not moral in war.
This rather slender book is a good introduction to the history and development of Just War Doctrine. It is a worthy successor to classic but now out-of-print books by OBrien, Walzer, and Johnson.
Regan begins by disposing of some critiques that would rule war out altogether: pacifism and Marxism. He then gives a brief history of the development of the Doctrine, from the writings of Augustine, Aquinas, Vittoria and Suarez.
He then devotes four chapters to explaining the Just War Doctrine on when it is legitimate to go to war, including declaration by legitimate authority, just causes for war, the legitimacy of intervention by third parties, and having the right intention when going to war.
The next chapter is devoted to what is just in war: the principles of proportionality and discrimination. Even a war justly entered may be fought unjustly, although as he points out, unjust conduct in war need not invalidate the original just cause for going to war.
The final chapter discusses the problems nuclear weapons pose for Just War Doctrine. Regan gives a history of nuclear "strategies:" countercity, counterforce, and countercontrol. He analyzes each from the Just War standpoing, giving reasoned evaluations of each.
Nearly the last half of the book is devoted to specific cases, ranging in time from World War I to the Bosnian war. These cases make the book extremely valuable as a text for a course on Just War. Regan not only provides a thumbnail history of each case, but includes a series of questions for discussion about each of the cases.
All in all this book is a good introduction to Just War Doctrine. It would be suitable as a text for a one-semester course. It also provides a good bibliography of current material for further research.
Dr. Joseph P. Martino is a retired Air Force Colonel, and is the author of A FIGHTING CHANCE: THE MORAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (Ignatius Press, 1988).
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Title: Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations by Michael Walzer ISBN: 0465037054 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Just War Theory by Jean Bethke Elshtain, Jean B. Elshtein ISBN: 0814721877 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Ethics of War and Peace by Terry Nardin ISBN: 0691058407 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 26 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Just War: Force and Political Responsibility by Paul Ramsey, Stanley Hauerwas ISBN: 0742522326 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Ethics, Killing and War by Richard Norman ISBN: 0521455537 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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