Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World

Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World

by JeanBethkeElshtain (Author)

Synopsis

Jean Bethke Elshtain advocates just war in times of crisis and mounts a reasoned attack against the anti-war contingent in American intellectual life. Advocating an ethic of responsibility, Elshtain forces us to ask tough questions not only about the nature of terrorism, but about ourselves. This paperback edition features a new introduction by the author, addressing the Iraq war and other events in the Middle East.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 14 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0465019110
ISBN 13: 9780465019113

Media Reviews
A fascinating introduction to the arguments that have informed thousands of years of just-war scholarship.
Author Bio
Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Just War Against Terror and Democracy on Trial, among other books. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee and Chicago, Illinois.