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Autore |
White Craig M. <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Iraq [[electronic resource] ] : the moral reckoning : applying just war theory to the 2003 war decision / / Craig M. White |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786613911728 |
1-283-59927-9 |
0-7391-3895-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Causes |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects |
Just war doctrine |
United States Foreign relations 2001-2009 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Introducing Just War Theory; 1: An Old Theory, Today's and Tomorrow's Wars; 2: How to Apply the Criteria, and Who Should Do It; Part II: Applying The Criteria; 3: Sovereign Authority; 4: Just Cause I: An Armed, Reckless Regime that Harbored Terrorists; 5: Just Cause 11: Preemption, UN Resolutions, and a New Iraq; 6: Just Cause 111: The Legal Case; 7: Right Intentiod/The Aim of Peace; 8: Proportionality of Ends; 9: Last Resort; 10: Reasonable Chance of Success; 11: Replies to Neoconservative Objections |
Part III: Conclusion12: Was It Just? Evaluation and Consequences; Appendix A: Thomas Aquinas on War; Appendix B: Quotations from the Duelfer Report; Appendix C: About the Author; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Iraq: The Moral Reckoning is an intensive application of the six classic just war theory criteria to the 2003 Iraq war decision, weighing information available at the time from a wide range of sources and concluding that the war met just one of the six, whereas a just war should meet all. It supplements the criteria with widely used ethical principles and thoroughly refutes neoconservative arguments that the |
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