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Morality and Contemporary Warfare (Paperback, New Ed)
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Morality and Contemporary Warfare (Paperback, New Ed)
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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 thought-provoking book,
James Turner Johnson refocuses the moral analysis of war on the
real problems of today's armed conflicts. Moral debates about
nuclear war and annihilation fail to address the problems of actual
contemporary uses of military force, Johnson argues. We must
address the type of armed conflict that has emerged at the end of
the twentieth century: local wars--often inflamed by historical,
ethnic, or religious animosities and usually fought with
conventional weapons that can be carried by individual fighters.
Johnson sets out a moral basis for understanding when armed force
can be justified. He analyzes specific problems posed by
contemporary warfare: the question of military intervention to
ameliorate or end conflicts, the question of warfare against
noncombatants, the problem of cultural differences inflaming
conflict, and the tension between those who would punish war crimes
and those hoping to reconcile adversaries. The author concludes
with a discussion of how to reshape and renew an international
consensus on the proper purposes and limits to war.
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