Just War Tradition and the Restraint of War : : A Moral and Historical Inquiry / / James Turner Johnson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, James Turner,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Bliain Foilsithe: 2014
• Eagrán: Course Book
• Teanga: English
• Sraith: Princeton Legacy Library ; 644
• Cur Síos Fisiciúil: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; Part One. The Problem of Understanding Just War Tradition --; I. Approaches to the Restraint of War --; II. The Significance of History for the Restraint of War: Two Perspectives --; III. The Cultural Regulation of Violence --; IV.. Natural Law as a Language for the Ethics of War --; Part Two. Rival Conceptions of War and its Limits --; V. Perspectives on the Birth of a Tradition: The Middle Ages --; VI. The-Transition to the Modern Era --; VII. The Limited War Idea and Just War Tradition --; VIII. Historical Concepts of Total War and Just War Tradition --; Part Three. Modern War and Attempts at Restraint --; IX. The Onset of Modern War and the DevelopmentofRestraints --; X. The Just War Tradition and Contemporary War --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Achoimre: In this volume, a sequel to Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War, James Turner Johnson continues his reconstruction of the history of just war tradition by analyzing significant individual thinkers, concepts, and events that influenced its development from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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• ISBN: 9781400855568; 9783110413441; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855568
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• Statement of Responsibility: James Turner Johnson.

In this volume, a sequel to Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War, James Turner Johnson continues his reconstruction of the history of just war tradition by analyzing significant individual thinkers, concepts, and events that influenced its development from the mid-eighteenth century to the pr...