Augustinian just war theory and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Subtitle: confessions, contentions, and the lust for power
By: edited by Craig J. N. de Paulo, Patrick A. Messina, Daniel P. Tompkins
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781433112324
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Just war doctrine; Religious aspects; Military policy; Christianity; Foreign relations; Christianity and international relations; Afghan War, 2001-; War; Iraq War, 2003-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: confessions, contentions and the lust for power / Craig J. N. de Paulo, Patrick Messina and Daniel P. Tompkins; title: The influence of Augustine on the development of just war theory / Patrick Messina and Craig J. N. de Paulo; title: The first symposium on just war theory and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; title: The second symposium on just war theory, the 2003 war in Iraq and the significance of the papacy; title: The future world order: the implications of the war in Iraq on international law / Dieter Blumenwitz; title: The question of just war theory and the Augustinian caveat praemptor / Daniel P. Tompkins.