The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle
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The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle

The American Christian Just War Tradition

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle

The American Christian Just War Tradition

About this book

The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle explores how Christian principles and the natural law tradition consider the use of military force and how they support the just war tradition over other moral traditions of war. By promoting the use of offensive war as justifiable under a just war rationale, the book challenges the Christian communityOs basic assumptions regarding the use of force. In this book, Davis Brown persuasively argues that the just war tradition drives the contemporary military ethos and statecraft of the United States. As the worldOs only superpower and the worldOs standard-bearer for democracy, the United States has more armed forces stationed or deployed outside its borders than all other countries combined. Because of this, the conduct of the United States-for good or ill-has enormous ramifications on the development of norms in international law and statecraft. It therefore behooves the international community to appreciate what values the United States seeks to advance when it resorts to military force.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2008
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216317722
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
National Security

Table of contents

  1. The Sword,the Cross, and the Eagle
  2. The Sword,the Cross, and the Eagle: The American ChristianJust War Tradition
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Cast of Major Characters
  6. Part I. Introduction
  7. Chapter 01. Introduction
  8. Chapter 02. The Place of War inModern Christian Thought
  9. Chapter 03. The Historical Developmentof Just War Theory
  10. Part II. Just War Criteria
  11. Chapter 04. Proper Authority
  12. Chapter 05. Just Cause
  13. Chapter 06. Right Intent
  14. Chapter 07. Proportionality of Cause
  15. Chapter 08. Reasonable Prospect of Success
  16. Chapter 09. Last Resort
  17. Chapter 10. Just Means
  18. Part III. Modern Challenges to the Christian Just War Tradition
  19. Chapter 11. Just Rebellion
  20. Chapter 12. Humanitarian Intervention
  21. Chapter 13. Nuclear Weapons
  22. Chapter 14. Conclusion
  23. Appendix. Chronology of Major Events
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
  27. About the Author

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