Point of attack : preventive war, international law, and global welfare /
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| Author / Creator: | Yoo, John, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] |
| Description: | xii, 259 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9795335 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- 1. War and the New Millennium
- I. War Today
- II. Force Rules
- III. Toward a New International System
- 2. Imperial Versus Humanitarian Wars
- 3. From Just War to False Peace
- I. From Ancient to Early Modern Times
- A. War and Ancient Greece
- B. The Roman Empire and Just War
- C. Just War and Christianity
- II. From the Early Modern Period to the Twentieth Century
- A. Public International Law
- B. Jus in Bello
- C. Reason of State
- D. Balance of Power
- III. Just War Doctrine and Collective Security
- A. Just War in the Twentieth Century
- B. Just War Theory
- C. Collective Security and the United Nations
- IV. Conclusion
- 4. Force Rules
- I. Incorporating Expected Harm
- II. Rules versus Standards
- III. Imminence in the Age of Terror
- 5. Wars of Global Welfare
- I. Laws That Rule Individuals Cannot Rule War
- II. War As "Not the Ugliest of Things"
- III. Changing the War Calculus
- IV. War for Public Goods
- V. Conclusion
- 6. Great Power Security
- I. The UN Charters Failed Promise
- II. The Legitimacy of Preventive Wars
- III. Toward a New Concert
- IV. Conclusion
- 7. Failed States
- I. The Problem of Failed States
- II. Responses to Failed States
- III. Dividing Failed States
- A. Big is Not Always Better
- B. Failed States and Foreign Intervention
- IV. Conclusion: The Iraq Surge
- 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Index