{"product_id":"just-wars-alex-j-bellamy-9780745632834","title":"Just Wars: From Cicero to Iraq","description":"In what circumstances is it legitimate to use force? How should force be used? These are two of the most crucial questions confronting world politics today. \u003cp\u003eThe Just War tradition provides a set of criteria which political leaders and soldiers use to defend and rationalize war. This book explores the evolution of thinking about just wars and examines its role in shaping contemporary judgements about the use of force, from grand strategic issues of whether states have a right to pre-emptive\u003cbr\u003e self-defence, to the minutiae of targeting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBellamy maps the evolution of the Just War tradition, demonstrating how it arose from a myriad of sub-traditions, including scholasticism, the holy war tradition, chivalry, natural law, positive law, Erasmus and Kant's reformism, and realism from Machiavelli to Morgenthau. He then applies this tradition to a range of contemporary normative dilemmas related to terrorism, pre-emption, aerial bombardment and humanitarian intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex J. Bellamy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745632831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745632834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.04w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 2","brand":"Alex J. Bellamy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919659135231,"sku":"9780745632834","price":31.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e30457d1-3c7f-4aa0-b868-ba10712eda96.jpg?v=1710359110","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-wars-alex-j-bellamy-9780745632834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}