The Choice of War: The Iraq War and the Just War Tradition

by Albert L. Weeks

A longtime scholar of the Cold War deftly weaves together the tradition of "just war" and an examination of current events to show how the time-honored concepts of jus ad bellum (justice of war) and jus in bello (justice in war) apply to the U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

This timely analysis of President George W. Bush's foreign policy deals with the cornerstone of his administrations--the "war on terror"--as implemented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275991113
• ISBN13: 9780275991111
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"