America and the just war tradition: a history of U.S. conflicts
Hall and Charles evaluate America's major wars, exploring the causes and contexts of each conflict, and providing policy guidance for the use of force in the world today.
| Résumé: | Hall and Charles evaluate America's major wars, exploring the causes and contexts of each conflict, and providing policy guidance for the use of force in the world today. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- ONE The Just War Tradition and America's Wars -- TWO "Fear, Honor, and Interest": The Unjust Motivations and Outcomes of the American Revolutionary War -- THREE The War of 1812 -- FOUR James K. Polk and the War with Mexico -- FIVE The Fractured Union and the Justification for War -- SIX Just War and the Spanish-American War -- SEVEN The Great War, the United States, and Just War Thought -- EIGHT The United States and Japan in the Second World War: A Just War Perspective -- NINE America's Ambiguous "Police Action": The Korean Conflict -- TEN Vietnam and the Just War Tradition -- ELEVEN The First and Second Gulf Wars -- TWELVE The War on Terror and Afghanistan -- Contributors -- Index. |
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| Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (339 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-268-10527-3 |
