Just War: The Just War Tradition: Ethics in Modern Warfare

ISBN-13: 9780747595571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 64 str.

Lord Charles Guthrie;Michael Quinlan

Opis

Every society and every period of history has had to face the reality of war. War inevitably yields situations in which the normal ethical rules of society have to be overridden. This book draws examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and the wars in Iraq, and looks at the key concepts in relation to armed conflict.

Recenzje

'I very much welcome this addition to the debate on Just War by two of the leading practitioners and thinkers of our generation. The concerns that led to the original formulation of Just War thinking are perhaps even more pertinent now in today's complex operating environment.' General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff

O autorze

Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL, was commissioned in 1959 and served with the Welsh Guards and the Special Air Service. He was Commander of NATO's Northern Army Group, 1992-93, Chief of the General Staff, 1994-97 and Chief of the Defence Staff, 1997-2001. He became a member of the House of Lords in 2001. Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB, was a civil servant for thirty-eight years (1954-92), thirty of them in posts concerned with defence. He was Policy Director in the Ministry of Defence 1977-81 and Permanent Under-Secretary of State 1988-92. Since 2004 he has been a Consulting Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.