James Turner Johnson

The War to Oust Saddam Hussein

Just War and the New Face of Conflict

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing key questions people are asking today, this book provides a moral analysis of the war in Iraq and its implications for the future of war and peacemaking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780742549562
• ISBN-10: 0742549569
• Artikelnr.: 21388742

Autorenporträt

James Turner Johnson is a professor in the Department of Religion at Rutgers University. He has a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim Fellowships, he lives in Frenchtown, New Jersey, in Hunterdon County, near Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Setting the Context: Are We Involved in a Clash of Civilizations?
Chapter 2 Jihad and Just War: Ethical Perspectives on the New Face of
Conflict Chapter 3 Disciplining Just War Thinking: Uses and Misuses of the
Just War Idea in Recent American Debate Part 4 The War To Oust Saddam
Hussein: Before Chapter 5 The Debate Over Using Force Against the Saddam
Hussein Regime: Was the Use of Force Justified? Part 6 The War To Oust
Saddam Hussein: During Chapter 7 Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Moralist's
Notebook Part 8 The War To Oust Saddam Hussein: After Chapter 9 Looking
Back as a Way of Looking Ahead