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Victory - The Triumph and Tragedy of Just War (Hardcover)
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Victory - The Triumph and Tragedy of Just War (Hardcover)
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Committing one's country to war is a grave decision. Governments
often have to make tough calls, but none are quite so painful as
those that involve sending soldiers into harm's way, to kill and be
killed. The idea of 'just war' informs how we approach and reflect
on these decisions. It signifies the belief that while war is
always a wretched enterprise it may in certain circumstances, and
subject to certain restrictions, be justified. Boasting a long
history that is usually traced back to the sunset of the Roman
Empire, it has coalesced over time into a series of principles and
moral categories-e.g., just cause, last resort, proportionality,
etc.-that will be familiar to anyone who has ever entered a
discussion about the rights and wrongs of war. Victory: The Triumph
and Tragedy of Just War focuses both on how this particular
tradition of thought has evolved over time and how it has informed
the practice of states and the legal architecture of international
society. This book examines the vexed position that the concept of
victory occupies within this framework.
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