Long before the -shock and awe- campaign against Iraq in March 2003, debates swarmed around the justifications of the U.S.-led war to depose Saddam Hussein. While George W. Bush's administration declared a just war of necessity, opponents charged that it was a war of choice, and even opportunism. Behind the rhetoric lie vital questions: when is war just, and what means are acceptable even in the course of a just war?
Originally published in 1991, in the wake of the first war against Iraq, Just War Theory explores this essential dilemma. With a new...
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Long before the -shock and awe- campaign against Iraq in March 2003, debates swarmed around the justifications of the U...
