The choice of war : the Iraq War and the just war tradition / Albert L. Weeks.

9780313081842 (electronic book)
0313081840 (electronic book)
9780275991111
0275991113

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, c2010.

English

1 online resource (ix, 200 pages)

DS79.764.U6 W43 2010eb

956.7044/31

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?

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Ethics of American foreign policy.

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