Innocent Civilians: The Morality of Killing in War

ISBN-13: 9780333972373 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 200 str.

Colm McKeogh

Opis

This work explains why the concern to minimize civilian casualties is solidly based in Western civilization's most fundamental principles of justice. The author interprets Augustine's just war theory, Vitoria and Suarez's "transitional" model of war, and offers explanation for the modern characterization of the combatant as a depersonalized instrument.

Recenzje

' - this succinct, well-written study...should be part of all major academic libraries...highly recommended...' - M. Amstutz, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction Guilt and Punitive War 1 Guilt and Punitive War 2 Social Roles and Feudal War Innocence of Modern War Non-Combatancy and Formal War Involvement and Total War Conclusion Bibliography Index

O autorze

COLM MCKEOGH is Lecturer in the Defence and Strategic Studies Programme, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. He is the author of The Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr.