Just and Unjust Wars
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Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations is a 1977 book by Michael Walzer
published by Basic Books
and still in print, now as part of the Basic Books Classics Series.
The book resulted from Walzer's reflections on the Vietnam War
. Walzer draws on medieval Just War Theory to explore the reasons that can justify war jus ad bellum
and the ethical limits on the conduct of war jus in bello in an attempt to work out a modern, secular theory of just war.Fifty key thinkers in international relations, Martin Griffiths, Routledge, 1999, pp. 162-167
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is a prominent American political philosopher and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, he is co-editor of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at...
published by Basic Books
Basic Books
Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...
and still in print, now as part of the Basic Books Classics Series.
The book resulted from Walzer's reflections on the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. Walzer draws on medieval Just War Theory to explore the reasons that can justify war jus ad bellum
Jus ad bellum
Jus ad bellum is a set of criteria that are to be consulted before engaging in war, in order to determine whether entering into war is permissible; that is, whether it is a just war....
and the ethical limits on the conduct of war jus in bello in an attempt to work out a modern, secular theory of just war.Fifty key thinkers in international relations, Martin Griffiths, Routledge, 1999, pp. 162-167
Chapter Titles
- Against Realism
- The Crime of War
- The Rules of War
- Law and Order in International Society
- Anticipations
- Interventions
- War's End
- War's Means
- Non-Combatant Immunity
- War Against Civilians
- Guerrilla War
- Terrorism
- Reprisals
- Winning and Fighting Well
- Aggression and Neutrality
- Supreme Emergency
- Nuclear Deterrence
- The Crime of Aggression
- War Crimes
- Afterword: Nonviolence and the Theory of War