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The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle

The American Christian Just War Tradition

von: Davis Brown
48,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	22.08.2008
ISBN/EAN:	9780742565609
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	312

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Titelbeschreibung

The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle explores how Christian principles and the natural law tradition consider the use of military force and how they support the just war tradition over other moral traditions of war. By promoting the use of offensive war as justifiable under a just war rationale, the book challenges the Christian communityOs basic assumptions regarding the use of force. In this book, Davis Brown persuasively argues that the just war tradition drives the contemporary military ethos and statecraft of the United States. As the worldOs only superpower and the worldOs standard-bearer for democracy, the United States has more armed forces stationed or deployed outside its borders than all other countries combined. Because of this, the conduct of the United States—for good or ill—has enormous ramifications on the development of norms in international law and statecraft. It therefore behooves the international community to appreciate what values the United States seeks to advance when it resorts to military force.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1
 Chapter I. Introduction
 Chapter 2
 Chapter 1. Introduction
 Chapter 3
 Chapter 2. The Place of War in Modern Christian Thought
 Chapter 4
 Chapter 3. The Historical Development of Just War Theory
 Chapter 5
 Chapter II. Just War Criteria
 Chapter 6
 Chapter 4. Proper Authority
 Chapter 7
 Chapter 5. Just Cause
 Chapter 8
 Chapter 6. Right Intention
 Chapter 9
 Chapter 7. Proportionality of Cause
 Chapter 10
 Chapter 8. Reasonable Prospect of Success
 Chapter 11
 Chapter 9. Last Resort
 Chapter 12
 Chapter 10. Just Means
 Chapter 13
 Chapter III. Modern Challenges to the Christian Just War Tradition
 Chapter 14
 Chapter 11. Just Rebellion
 Chapter 15
 Chapter 12. Humanitarian Intervention
 Chapter 16
 Chapter 13. Nuclear War
 Chapter 17
 Chapter 14. Conclusion

Autorenportrait

Davis Brown is director of the Just War Theory Project for the Academic Council on the United Nations System, an international institute of scholars and practitioners that reevaluate the role of war, intervention, and rebellion. He is also an attorney and has been a visiting scholar at George Washington University.