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Temes, Peter S. The Just War: an American Reflection on the Morality of War in Our Time.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

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| September 15, 2003 | Driscoll, Brendan | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sept. 2003. 200p. index. Ivan R. Dee, $25 (1-56663-534-9). 172.

When is war acceptable? How should it be carried out? What, if any, are the moral rules for military force? Answering these and related questions has been the goal of just-war thinking since it was originally articulated by St. Augustine; its influence has transcended theology to inform many of today's conventions of international order. Both an intellectual history of just-war thought and a call for its deployment in considering America's current military engagements, this book functions simultaneously as primer and call to action (if not ...

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