The Morality of War - Softcover

Brian Orend

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554810957 ISBN 13: 9781554810956

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2013

Synopsis

The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second edition, Brian Orend builds on the substantial strengths of the first, adding important new material on: cyber-warfare; drone attacks; the wrap-up of Iraq and Afghanistan; conflicts in Libya and Syria; and protracted struggles (like the Arab-Israeli conflict). Updated and streamlined throughout, the book offers new research tools and case studies, while keeping the winning blend of theory and history featured in the first edition. This book remains an engaging and comprehensive examination of the ethics, and practice, of war and peace in today’s world.

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Review

Brian Orend has written an ideal introduction to the morality of war: engaging, accessible, comprehensive, historically informed and bang up to date. Here are all the major issues, sensitively discussed with the aid of vivid case studies and examples. Of particular importance is Orend's work on jus post bellum—justice after war—and his discussion of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the broader 'war on terror.' This book deserves to be read by all those with an interest in the dilemmas of war and international relations." – David Rodin, Oxford University, UK

"If one were looking for a single book to provide a comprehensive discussion of just war theory, an analysis of the deep moral principles that ground the theory, an examination of the theory applied to real-world scenarios, and an assessment of the role of just war theory in our era, this would be the book." – Daniel S. Zupan, United States Military Academy

"Brian Orend has written a wonderfully lucid and bravely innovative account of just war theory." – Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

About the Author

Brian Orend is Director of International Studies and a professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is the author ofHuman Rights: Concept and Context (Broadview Press, 2002), War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000), and Michael Walzer on War and Justice (University of Wales Press, 2000). An active public speaker and media commentator, Orend has also contributed to The Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, MacLean's magazine, and The Toronto Star.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1554810957
• ISBN 13: 9781554810956
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344