In what circumstances is it legitimate to use force? How should
force be used? These are two of the most crucial questions
confronting world politics today.
The Just War tradition provides a set of criteria which
political leaders and soldiers use to defend and rationalize war.
This book explores the evolution of thinking about just wars and
examines its role in shaping contemporary judgements about the use
of force, from grand strategic issues of whether states have a
right to pre-emptive
self-defence, to the minutiae of targeting.
Bellamy maps the evolution of the Just War tradition,
demonstrating how it arose from a myriad of sub-traditions,
including scholasticism, the holy war tradition, chivalry, natural
law, positive law, Erasmus and Kant's reformism, and realism from
Machiavelli to Morgenthau. He then applies this tradition to a
range of contemporary normative dilemmas related to terrorism,
pre-emption, aerial bombardment and humanitarian intervention.
General
| Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2006 |
| First published: |
November 2006 |
| Authors: |
A. Bellamy
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-3283-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7456-3283-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780745632834 |
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