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The fundamental aims of this book are two: to explore the interaction between religion and secular society in the formation as well as the dissolution of just war doctrine; and to investigate just war doctrine as an ideological pattern of thought, expressive of a greater ideology. The author reconstructs the development of classic just war doctrine



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. War for Church and for Prince in Late Medieval Just War Theory, pg. 26*CHAPTER II. From Just War to Holy War Rationale in English Thought, pg. 81*CHAPTER III. The Beginnings of a Secular Just War Doctrine, pg. 150*CHAPTER IV. Secularized Just War Doctrine: Grotius, Locke, and Vattel, pg. 208*EPILOGUE. Ideological and Non-ideological Restraints on War, pg. 259*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 275*INDEX, pg. 287

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691617930, 978-0691617930
      ISBN10: 0691617937

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The fundamental aims of this book are two: to explore the interaction between religion and secular society in the formation as well as the dissolution of just war doctrine; and to investigate just war doctrine as an ideological pattern of thought, expressive of a greater ideology. The author reconstructs the development of classic just war doctrine



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. War for Church and for Prince in Late Medieval Just War Theory, pg. 26*CHAPTER II. From Just War to Holy War Rationale in English Thought, pg. 81*CHAPTER III. The Beginnings of a Secular Just War Doctrine, pg. 150*CHAPTER IV. Secularized Just War Doctrine: Grotius, Locke, and Vattel, pg. 208*EPILOGUE. Ideological and Non-ideological Restraints on War, pg. 259*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 275*INDEX, pg. 287

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