Yoder, John Howard

When war is unjust : being honest in just-war thinking / John Howard. - 2nd ed. - Eugene, Or : Wipf & Stock, c1996. - xx, 168 p.; 23 cm.

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

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Just war doctrine
War--Moral and ethical aspects
War--Religious aspects--Christianity

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