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INDEX
Abraham Lincoln (Guelzo), 117
Abrams, Creighton, 243, 244
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), 288–89
Acheson, Dean, 206, 207, 208, 209, 214, 215, 219, 223n6
Adams, John, 53, 81
Adams, John Quincy, 89, 104
Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum (papal encyclical), 159, 160, 163, 168, 172
Address of the Minority to Their Constituents, on the Subject of War with Great-Britain, An (Quincy and Bayard), 83
aerial warfare
civilian casualties, 241, 242
damage caused by, 241
evaluation of, 240
principle of “double effect,” 242
restriction of, 240, 242
Afghanistan
child mortality, 283
interim government, 281
Northern Alliance, 281
prospects for peace, 288
restoration of infrastructure, 287
status of women in, 283, 286–87
Taliban rule, 283, 285
war on terror in, 280–82
Afghan war
Battle of Tora Bora, 281
civilian casualties, 286, 287
collateral damage, 285
criterion of just authority, 284
criterion of proportionality, 286
ius ad bellum criterion, 285
ius in bello criterion, 285–86, 287
ius post bellum criterion, 287–88
as just war, perception of, 282–88
last resort criterion, 284–85
outcome of, 286–87
question of legality of, 284
Taliban insurgency, 281–82
U.S. objectives in, 285
Aguinaldo y Famy, Emilio, 147
Ahlstrom, Sydney, 51
Alaska, U.S. acquisition of, 98
al-Qaeda, 281, 288, 291
American Civil War
“Anaconda Plan,” 126
assessment of, 125–26
background, 117–19
causes of, 118, 120, 122, 127
conduct of armies in, 122–23
cost of, 132
Fort Pillow incident, 123, 124, 127
historiography of, 115–16, 125–26
Jackson’s retreat to Richmond, 124
justification of, 32, 114–15, 116, 119–22, 125, 132
life in the South after, 128
outcome of, 127–28, 131–32
role of Christian religion in, 116, 121, 122, 124
Sherman’s March to the Sea, 123, 124–25, 126, 127
slavery and, 116–17
split between North and South, 120
as total war, 126
treatment of civilians during, 124, 125–26
violence, 123–24, 127
American colonies
dispute over taxation of, 53–57, 59, 71n35
sermons on opposition to tyranny in, 52–53
American Duties Act (1764), 54
American Revolutionary War
atrocities of, 66–67
Battle of Bemis Heights, 64–65
battles at Lexington, 57, 60–61
casualties, 59
causes of, 50–51
Continental Army, 61, 63, 65, 68
foreign support, 63
invasion of Canada, 61, 68
ius ad bellum criterion, 63, 68
ius in bello criterion, 65–67
ius post bello criterion, 67–68
justification of, 31, 58–59, 60, 61–62
militia forces, 72n46
Paoli Massacre, 64
peace treaty, 67, 68
protection of property during, 65
siege of Boston, 61
treatment of prisoners, 63–64
America’s wars
Christian perspective on, 38n5
components of, 138
historiography, 1–3
just war tradition and, 3, 30
moral scrutiny of, 2, 3
with Native American tribes, 30
overview, 29–36
reflection on meaning of, 27–29
small interventions, 30
Anabaptism, 39n11
Annan, Kofi, 255, 284
Aristotle, on virtue of prudence, 91
Arnold, Benedict, 67
Aroostook War, 35
Asgill, Charles, 65
Atlantic Charter, 193, 197
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
on expression of caritas, 8
on just war, x, 9, 42n29
on retribution, 15
on serving in military, 16
on tranquility of ord...
