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Author Yoder, John Howard.

Title When war is unjust : being honest in just-war thinking / John Howard Yoder.

Publication Info. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  241.6242 Y54W    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xx, 168 pages ; 21 cm
Contents 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168).
Subject Just war doctrine.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
ISBN 157075070X alkaline paper
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