Just and Unjust Wars 5th Edition by Michael Walzer, ISBN-13: 978-0465052714
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- Publisher: Basic Books; 5th edition (August 11, 2015)
- Language: English
- 416 pages
- ISBN-10: 0465052711
- ISBN-13: 978-0465052714
“A classic in the field” (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present.
Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.
Table of Contents:
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Part One: The Moral Reality of War
1. Against Realism”
The Realist Argument
The Melian Dialogue
Strategy and Morality
Historical Relativism
Three Accounts of Agincourt
2. The Crime of War
The Logic of War
The Argument of Karl von Clausewitz
The Limit of Consent
The Tyranny of War
General Sherman and the Burning of Atlanta
3. The Rules of War
The Moral Equality of Soldiers
The Case of Hitler’s Generals
Two Sorts of Rules
The War Convention
The Example of Surrender
Part Two: The Theory of Aggression
4. Law and Order in International Society
Aggression
The Rights of Political Communities
The Case of Alsace-Lorraine
The Legalist Paradigm
Unavoidable Categories
Karl Marx and the Franco-Prussian War
The Argument for Appeasement
Czechoslovakia and the Munich Principle
Finland
5. Anticipations
Preventive War and the Balance of Power
The War of the Spanish Succession
Pre-emptive Strikes
The Six Day War
6. Interventions
Self-Determination and Self-Help
The Argument of John Stuart Mill
Secession
The Hungarian Revolution
Civil War
The American War in Vietnam
Humanitarian Intervention
Cuba, 1898, and Bangladesh, 1971
7. War’s Ends, and the Importance of Winning
Unconditional Surrender
Allied Policy in World War II
Justice in Settlements
The Korean War
Part Three: The War Convention
8. War’s Means and the Importance of Fighting Well
Utility and Proportionality
The Argument of Henry Sidgwick
Human Rights
The Rape of the Italian Women
9. Noncombatant Immunity and Military Necessity
The Status of Individuals
Naked Soldiers
The Nature of Necessity (1)
Submarine Warfare: The Laconia Affair
Double Effect
Bombardment in Korea
The Bombing of Occupied France and the Vemork Raid
10. War Against Civilians: Sieges and Blockades
Coercion and Responsibility
The Siege of Jerusalem, 72 A.D.
The Right to Leave
The Siege of Leningrad
Taking Aim and the Doctrine of Double Effect
The British Blockade of Germany
11. Guerrilla War
Resistance to Military Occupation
A Partisan Attack
The Rights of Guerrilla Fighters
The Rights of Civilian Supporters
The American Rules of Engagement” in Vietnam
12. Terrorism
The Political Code
The Russian Populists, the IRA, and the Stern Gang
The Vietcong Assassination Campaign
Violence and Liberation
Jean-Paul Sartre and the Battle of Algiers
13. Reprisals
Deterrence Without Retribution
The FFI Prisoners at Annecy
The Problem of Peacetime Reprisals
The Attack on Khibye and the Beirut Raid
Part Four: Dilemmas of War
14. Winning and Fighting Well
Asinine Ethics”
Chairman Mao and the Battle of the River Hung
The Sliding Scale and the Argument from Extremity
15. Aggression and Neutrality
The Right to Be Neutral
The Nature of Necessity (2)
The Rape of Belgium
The Sliding Scale
Winston Churchill and Norwegian Neutrality
16. Supreme Emergency
The Nature of Necessity (3)
Overriding the Rules of War
The Decision to Bomb German Cities
The Limits of Calculation
Hiroshima
17 Nuclear Deterrence
The Problem of Immoral Threats
Limited Nuclear War
The Argument of Paul Ramsey
Part Five: The Question of Responsibility
18. The Crime of Aggression: Political Leaders and Citizens
The World of Officials
Nuremberg: The Ministries Case”
Democratic Responsibilities
The American People and the War in Vietnam
19. War Crimes: Soldiers and Their Officers
In the Heat of Battle
Two Accounts of Killing Prisoners
Superior Orders
The My Lai Massacre
Command Responsibility
General Bradley and the Bombing of St. Lo
The Case of General Yamashita
The Nature of Necessity (4)
The Dishonoring of Arthur Harris
Conclusion
Afterword: Nonviolence and the Theory of War
Postscript: A Defense of Just War Theory
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