The Renegotiation of the Just War Tradition and the Right to War in the Twenty-First CenturyThis book examines the manner by which the just war tradition has been invoked, engaged and developed in the context of the war on terror, paying particular attention to the questions of anticipatory war, humanitarian intervention, and punitive war. |
Contents
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A Historical Perspective | 9 |
Sufficient Threats Just Fears and Unknown Unknowns | 27 |
Enforcing the Law and Ridding the World of Evil | 51 |
Can War Be a Force for Good in the World? | 66 |
5 Whose Just War What Tradition? | 91 |
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