Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory - Hardcover

by James M. Dubik (Author), Martin Dempsey (Foreword by)

In the seminal Just and Unjust Wars, Michael Walzer famously considered the ethics of modern warfare, examining the moral issues that arise before, during, and after conflict. However, Walzer and subsequent scholars have often limited their analyses of the ethics of combat to soldiers on the ground and failed to recognize the moral responsibilities of senior political and military leaders. In Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory, James M. Dubik draws on years of research as well

Author Biography

Lt. General James M. Dubik, USA (Ret.), is Professor of the Practice and Director of Teaching at Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. He held the Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership from 2012 to 2013, a position cosponsored by Dickinson College, Penn State Law School, and the U.S. Army War College. He is coauthor of Envisioning Future Warfare.