Just and unjust wars : a moral argument with historical illustrations

著者

• Walzer, Michael

書誌事項

Just and unjust wars : a moral argument with historical illustrations

Michael Walzer

Basic Books, c1977

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

TB 5062--on cover

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This classic work examines the issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre. . A classic treatment of the morality of war written by one of our countrys leading philosophers, with a new introduction considering the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. Just and Unjust Wars examines a variety of conflicts in order to understand exactly why, according to Walzer,the argument about war and justice is still a political and moral necessity. Walzers classic work draws on historical illustrations that range all the way from the Athenian attack on Melos to this mornings headlines, and uses the testimony of participantsdecision makers and victims aliketo examine the moral issues of warfare.

目次

• The Moral Reality of War
• Against Realism
• The Crime of War
• The Rules of War
• The Theory of Aggression
• Law and Order in International Society
• Anticipations
• Interventions
• Wars Ends, and the Importance of Winning
• The War Convention
• Wars Means, and the Importance of Fighting Well
• Noncombatant Immunity and Military Necessity
• War Against Civilians: Sieges and Blockades
• Guerrilla War
• Terrorism
• Reprisals
• Dilemmas of War
• Winning and Fighting Well
• Aggression and Neutrality
• Supreme Emergency
• Nuclear Deterrence
• The Question of Responsibility
• The Crime of Aggression: Political Leaders and Citizens
• War Crimes: Soldiers and Their Officers
• Afterword: Nonviolence and the Theory of War.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA00766230
• ISBN:
  • 0465037046
• LCCN: 77075252
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xx, 361 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : U21.2
  • DC : 355.02
• 件名:
  • LCSH : War