"This book offers a renewed defense of traditional just war theory and considers its application to certain highly controversial contemporary cases, particularly in the Middle East. The first part of the book addresses and responds to the central theoretical criticisms levelled at traditional just war theory. It offers a detailed defense of civilian immunity, the moral equality of soldiers and the related dichotomy between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, and argues that these principles taken together amount to a morally coherent ethics of war. In this sense this project is traditional (or 'orthodox'). In another sense, however, it is highly relevant to the modern world. While the first part of the book defends the just war tradition against its revisionist critics, the second part applies it to an array of timely issues: civil war, economic warfare, excessive harm to civilians, pre-emptive military strikes, and state-sponsored assassination, which require applying just war theory in practice. This book sets out to reaffirm the basic tenets of the traditional ethics of war and to lend them further moral support, subsequently applying them to a variety of practical issues. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, ethics, security studies, war and conflict studies, and IR in general."--Provided by publisher

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Meisels, Tamar

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gower Publishing Ltd

Taylor and Francis

War, conflict and ethics, 1st, London, 2017

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, 20170818

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Cover 1
Half Title 4
Title Page 6
Copyright Page 7
Dedication 8
Table of Contents 10
Preface 12
Introduction 16
Part I Just war theory 24
1. Comrades in arms: the equal innocence of soldiers 26
2. In defense of the defenseless: the morality of the laws of war 46
3. Fighting for independence: what can just war theory learn from civil conflict? 64
Part II Just war theory in practice 86
4. Proportionality and risk 88
5. Economic warfare: the case of Gaza 108
6. Preemptive strikes: Israel and Iran 126
7. Assassination: targeting nuclear scientists 144
8. Conclusions 166
Bibliography 176
Index 184

2025-10-27