Foreword to the first edition / Charles P. Lutz -- The quest to bring war under moral control -- The just-war tradition in its medieval context -- Weakening the just-war restraints -- Hopes for limiting war -- The tradition and the real world -- Making the tradition credible -- The changing face of the problem -- Afterword: A Roman Catholic response / Drew Christiansen -- Appendices: -- The state of the question -- How war becomes/became total -- Why should we keep the rules in Bello? -- The laws of war in modern treaties -- Criteria of the just-war tradition.
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