Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Foreword to the first edition by Charles Lutz

The quest to bring war under moral control-- The just war tradition in its medieval context-- Weakening the just-war restraints-- Hopes for limiting war-- The tradition and the real world-- Making the tradition credible-- The changing face of the problem

Afterword: a Roman Catholic response by Drew Christiansen

Appendices:

The state of the question-- How war becomes/became total-- Why should we keep the rules in Bello-- The laws of war in modern treaties-- Criteria of the just-war tradition