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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813412803321

Autore

Walzer Michael

Titolo

Arguing about war / / Michael Walzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Ct.], : Yale University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-72963-9

9786611729639

0-300-12771-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

War

Just war doctrine

Intervention (International law)

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: THEORY -- THE TRIUMPH OF JUST WAR THEORY ( AND THE DANGERS OF SUCCESS) -- TWO KINDS OF MILITARY RESPONSIBILITY -- EMERGENCY ETHICS -- TERRORISM: A CRITIQUE OF EXCUSES -- THE POLITICS OF RESCUE -- PART TWO: CASES -- JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE IN THE GULF WAR -- KOSOVO -- THE INTIFADA AND THE GREEN LINE -- THE FOUR WARS OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE -- AFTER 9/11: FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TERRORISM -- FIVE ON IRAQ -- PART THREE: FUTURES -- GOVERNING THE GLOBE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- CREDITS -- INDEX.