The choice of war : the Iraq War and the just war tradition / Albert L. Weeks.
Weeks, Albert Loren, 1923-
2010
DS79.764.U6 W43 2010eb
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Title The choice of war : the Iraq War and the just war tradition / Albert L. Weeks.
Author Weeks, Albert Loren, 1923-
ISBN 9780313081842 (electronic book)
0313081840 (electronic book)
9780275991111
0275991113
Imprint Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, c2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 200 pages)
Call Number DS79.764.U6 W43 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 956.7044/31
Summary As American servicemen and women and U.S. civilian employees continue to die on an almost daily basis in Iraq, serious doubts about the justness and the wisdom of the war continue to arise. A majority of the American public and the international community now believe that America's invasion and occupation of Iraq were not based on an "imminent" threat to U.S. security and that the war was unjustifiable as well as a tragic mistake. Current debate rages on as it becomes clear that more is at stake than how or when victory can be proclaimed over an enemy whose very identity and whereabouts in latter-day counterinsurgency struggle within Iraq are problematical. Meanwhile, with bitter irony the Iraq population has become increasingly anti-United States as Iraqis call for American and coalition troop withdrawals. Moreover, large numbers of American GIs, who are themselves deployed to the region, give mounting evidence of appearing to be in favor of a U.S. withdrawal. The most poignant of all questions concerning the Iraq War is its moral justification. It boils down to asking two key questions: Was the Iraq war just? Was it fought in a just way?
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Ethics of American foreign policy.
Available in Other Form Choice of war.
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Introduction
The human habit of war
Judaeo-Christian to modern views of war
"Just cause" and the Iraq War
Legitimate authority and the Iraq War
Feasibility criterion and the Iraq War
Fatal mistakes made in the Iraq War
Are the laws of war observed?
Some conclusions.

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