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Moral constraints on war : principles and cases / edited by Bruno Coppieters and Nick Fotion.
LIBRA U22 .M5924 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- War.
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Military history, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 328 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]
- Summary:
- This second edition of Moral Constraints on War offers a principle-by-principle presentation of the transcultural roots of the ethics of war in an age defined by the increasingly international nature of military intervention. Parts I and II trace the evolution of Just War Theory, analyzing the principles of jus ad bellum and jus in bello: the principles that determine under what conditions a war may be started and then conducted. Each chapter provides a historical background of the principle under discussion, an explanation of the principle, and numerous historical examples of its application. In part III, case studies apply the theories discussed to NATO's humanitarian mission in Kosovo, terrorism, and the Iraq War.
- This accessible and practical guide offers students of military ethics and international relations rich, up-to-the-minute insight into the pluralistic character of Just War Theory.
- Contents:
- Realism 1
- Militarism 5
- Pacifism 7
- Just War Theory 10
- Questions of Terminology: Justice, War, and Theory 14
- Part I Jus ad Bellum
- 1 Just Cause / Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Anthony Hartle 27
- A General Approach 27
- Individual and Collective Self-Defense 29
- Humanitarian Intervention 43
- 2 Legitimate Authority / Bruno Coppieters 55
- Collaboration and Resistance: La France Libre 58
- Revolutionary Movements 61
- Anticolonial Struggles: Algeria, 1954-1962 62
- The Security System of the United Nations 66
- 3 Right Intentions / Bruno Coppieters, Boris Kashnikov 73
- The Just War Tradition 75
- Testing the Principle 78
- Bangladesh, 1971 80
- Hitler's Occupation of Czechoslovakia, 1938 83
- Hitler's Occupation of Poland, 1939 85
- The Soviet Occupation of Poland, 1939 86
- A Four-Step Approach to the Iraq War, 2003 88
- 4 The Likelihood of Success / Nick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters 101
- Luxembourg, 1940 103
- Belgium, 1940 104
- Thailand, 1940 and 1941 105
- Cuba in the 1950s 106
- Hezbollah 108
- Mini and Maxi 110
- Czechoslovakia, 1968 111
- North Korea 114
- Afghanistan and Iraq Compared 117
- Sacrifice and Mobilization 120
- 5 Proportionality / Nick Fotion 125
- A Relational Principle 125
- Luxembourg and Belgium Again 128
- Mini and Maxi Again 128
- Divergence between Success and Proportionality Principles 130
- North Korea and the Bomb Again 132
- 6 Last Resort / Bruno Coppieters, Ruben Apressyan, Carl Ceulemans 139
- The United Nations 140
- Nuclear Crisis Management: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 142
- Humanitarian Crisis Management: Bosnia, 1992-1995 147
- Part II Jus in Bello
- A Historical Overview of the Jus in Bello Constraints / Guy Van Damme 155
- 7 Proportionality / Guy Van Damme, Nick Fotion 159
- Underlying Assumptions 159
- The Conduct of War 160
- Nuclear Arms 164
- Biological Arms 165
- The Principle of Double Effect 167
- 8 Discrimination / Anthony Hartle 171
- Noncombatant Immunity 171
- Nuclear Weapons 178
- Land Mines 181
- Targeting 183
- Economic Sanctions 184
- Counterterrorism 186
- Part III Cases
- 9 The NATO Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis: March-June 1999 / Carl Ceulemans 195
- Presentation of the Case 195
- Just Cause 198
- Right Intentions 199
- Legitimate Authority 201
- Last Resort 203
- Likelihood of Success 206
- Proportionality (ad Bellum) 210
- Discrimination 212
- Proportionality (in Bello) 213
- 10 NATO's Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis: Whose Justice? / Boris Kashnikov 219
- Just Cause? 219
- Legitimate Authority? 221
- Right Intentions? 223
- Likelihood of Success? 225
- Last Resort? 227
- Proportionality (ad Bellum)? 229
- Winning Ugly: Discrimination and Proportionality (in Bello) 231
- 11 Kosovo and the Question of a Just Secession / Bruno Coppieters 237
- Three Debates on Kosovo 237
- Military Intervention: The Case of Abkhazia 240
- International Administration: The Case of Chechnya 242
- Unilateral Independence: The Case of Kosovo 245
- 12 Terrorism / Nick Fotion 261
- The Nature of Terrorism 261
- The Morality of Terrorism 264
- Terrorist Arguments 265
- Assessing the Arguments 268
- 13 The War in Iraq: 2003 and Beyond / Nick Fotion 279
- Just Cause 282
- Right Intentions 285
- Last Resort 286
- Likelihood of Success 287
- Proportionality (Jus ad Bellum) 289
- Legitimate Authority 289
- Proportionality (Jus in Bello) 290
- Discrimination 292
- Later Developments 295
- Realism, Pacifism, and Militarism Revisted 303
- Just War Theory and Excessive Optimism 308
- Excessive Pessimism 312
- A Universal Theory? 314.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739121290
- 0739121294
- 9780739121306
- 0739121308
- OCLC:
- 213080632
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