Just and Unjust Wars

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WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR ^ f
With a special new preface that considers the moral implications of intervention in the countless interethnic conflicts that have plagued the last decade, Michael Walzer's classic work draws on historical illustrations that range from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre, and uses the testimony of participants—decision makers and victims alike—to examine the central questions of war and morality. Walzer's discussion of war as the severest moral test that men and women ever face is a timeless piece of political and moral theory.
"A magnificent book, an honor to its writer a book that makes for a return of civilized discussion of the question of the morality of war."
—-New York Review of Books
"Walzer has written one of the most significant modem restatements of just war thinking. It should be studied by anyone interested in stemming the Machiavellian/Kissengerian tide of the times." —The Nation
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"A passionate defense of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR ^ f
With a special new preface that considers the moral implications of intervention in the countless interethnic conflicts that have plagued the last decade, Michael Walzer's classic work draws on historical illustrations that range from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre, and uses the testimony of participants—decision makers and victims alike—to examine the central questions of war and morality. Walzer's discussion of war as the severest moral test that men and women ever face is a timeless piece of political and moral theory.
"A magnificent book, an honor to its writer a book that makes for a return of civilized discussion of the question of the morality of war."
—-New York Review of Books
"Walzer has written one of the most significant modem restatements of just war thinking. It should be studied by anyone interested in stemming the Machiavellian/Kissengerian tide of the times." —The Nation
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"A passionate defense of the old principle of noncombatant ii_____
nity.___[He] is both thorough and persuasive in his exploration of a
very intricate subject." —Washington Post
"A clear, humane and startlingly original survey of the moral issues that complicate modern war-thinking." —Atlantic Monthly
MICHAEL WALZER is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., and the author of many widely heralded books, including Spheres of Justice, Exodus and Revolution, and The Company of Critics.
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