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The Morality of War

Author: Brian Orend
ISBN: 978-1554810956
Reading list:
Extended: MAJ, LT, WO1
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A discussion of how just war theory has changed through history and how it might apply in the modern world. This is includes examination of recent major military conflicts to identify evolving thinking in the just war tradition, and how historically enduring moral rules are being applied and verified. It includes discussion of problems of terrorism and preemptive self-defence as well as discussion of the main alternatives to just war theory: realism and pacifism.

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