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, editor.

Charles, J. Daryl, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History, Military.

United States.

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

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

Just war doctrine.

Genre:

Military history

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

America and the Just War Tradition examines and evaluates each of America's major wars from a just war perspective. Using moral analysis that is anchored in the just war tradition, the contributors provide careful historical analysis evaluating individual conflicts. Each chapter explores the causes of a particular war, the degree to which the justice of the conflict was a subject of debate at the time, and the extent to which the war measured up to traditional ad bellum and in bello criteria. Where appropriate, contributors offer post bellum considerations, insofar as justice is concerned with helping to offer a better peace and end result than what had existed prior to the conflict. This fascinating exploration offers policy guidance for the use of force in the world today, and will be of keen interest to historians, political scientists, philosophers, and theologians, as well as policy makers and the general reading public. Contributors: J. Daryl Charles, Darrell Cole, Timothy J. Demy, Jonathan H. Ebel, Laura Jane Gifford, Mark David Hall, Jonathan Den Hartog, Daniel Walker Howe, Kerry E. Irish, James Turner Johnson, Gregory R. Jones, Mackubin Thomas Owens, John D. Roche, and Rouven Steeves

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268105280

0268105286

9780268105273

0268105278

OCLC:

1076461427