Just War Theory and Literary Studies: An Invitation to Dialogue

by Ty Hawkins and Andrew Kim

This book questions when, why, and how it is just for a people to go to war, or to refrain from warring, in a post-9/11 world. To do so, it explores Just War Theory (JWT) in relationship to recent American accounts of the experience of war. The book analyses the jus ad bellum criteria of just war-right intention, legitimate authority, just cause, probability of success, and last resort-before exploring jus in bello, or the law that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030798623
• ISBN13: 9783030798628
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"