基本信息出版社：Bloomsbury
页码：64 页
出版日期：2007年12月
ISBN：0747595577
条形码：9780747595571
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语

内容简介 Every society and every period of history has had to face the reality of war. War inevitably yields situations in which the normal ethical rules of society have to be overridden. "The Just War" tradition has evolved over the centuries as a careful endeavour to impose moral discipline and humanity on resort to war and in its waging, and the tradition deserves our attention now as much as ever. "Just War" traces the origin and nature of the tradition from its roots in Christian thinking and provides a clear summary of its principles, which are accessible to all beliefs.As the circumstances and necessities of war have changed over time, so too have the practical interpretations of the tradition. Drawing examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and the wars in Iraq, Charles Guthrie and Michael Quinlan look at the key concepts in relation to modern armed conflict. The tradition sets rational limits and respects the adversary's humanity amid the chaos of war, and provides systematic questions which governments and armed forces must ask themselves before they engage in war.

This short but powerful book is a timely re-examination of its tenets and their relevance in the twenty-first century, setting out the case for a workable and credible moral framework for modern war before, while and after it is waged.
作者简介

Charles Guthrie is former Commander of NATO’s Northern Army Group. Michael Quinlan was a civil servant for nearly 40 years and is a consulting senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is the author of European Defense Cooperation.

媒体推荐 General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff
'I very much welcome this addition to the Just War debate by two of the leading thinkers of our generation'

Field Marshal Lord Inge, ex-Chief of Defence Staff
'This book has an importance out of proportion to its size'

Lord Harries of Pentregarth, ex-Bishop of Oxford
'Of great value to anyone thinking about the difficult questions of war in the modern world'