America and the just war tradition : a history of U.S. conflicts / edited by Mark David Hall and J. Daryl Charles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Mark David, 1966- editor.

Charles, J. Daryl, 1950- editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Military.

Social aspects.

United States--History, Military.

United States.

United States--History, Military--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States--History, Military--Social aspects.

United States--History, Military--Religious aspects.

Just war doctrine.

Ethics.

War--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Military history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 321 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]

Contents:

The just war tradition and America's wars / J. Daryl Charles and Mark David Hall

"Fear, honor, and interest": the unjust motivations and outcomes of the American Revolutionary War / John D. Roche

The War of 1812 / Jonathan Den Hartog

James K. Polk and the War with Mexico / Daniel Walker Howe

The fractured Union and the justification for war / Gregory R. Jones

Just war and the Spanish-American war / Timothy J. Demy

The Great War, the United States, and just war thought / Jonathan H. Ebel

The United States and Japan in the Second World War: a just war perspective / Kerry E. Irish

America's ambiguous "police action": the Korean Conflict / Laura Jane Gifford

Vietnam and the just war tradition / Mackubin Thomas Owens

The First and Second Gulf Wars / Darrell Cole

The War on Terror and Afghanistan / Rouven Steeves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: America and the just war tradition

ISBN:

9780268105259

0268105251

9780268105266

026810526X

OCLC:

1053389092