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Moral Victories : The Ethics of Winning Wars.

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextDatum för upphovsrätt: ©2018Utgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2018Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (258 pages)Innehållstyp:
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  • computer
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  • online resource
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  • 9780192521972
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Cover -- Moral Victories: The Ethics of Winning Wars -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1: Introduction: Moral Victories-The Ethics of Winning Wars -- Introduction -- Victory Abounds -- Trophies and Triumphs -- Degrade and Destroy -- Moral Victories -- Traditions and Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Traditions: The Changing Character of Victory -- 2: L̀et God Rise Up! ́The Bible and Notions of Victory in War -- Introduction -- The Divine Warrior -- God as Commander and Judge -- The Divine Redeemer -- New Directions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: Carl von Clausewitz and Moral Victories -- Introduction -- Military victories -- The m̀ost beautiful of warś -- Moral victories -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Defeat as Moral Victory: The Historical Experience -- Reactions to Defeat -- Theme I: Death as Sacrifice -- Theme II: The Fallen as Martyrs -- Theme III: Betrayal -- Theme IV: Revenge -- Theme V: Decadence and Sin, Contrition and Redemption Through Suffering -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Victory Though the Heavens Fall? Unlimited Warfare as Theme and Phenomenon -- Judging the Moral Status of Unlimited War: Does Victory Matter Over All Else? -- Letting Slip the Dogs of War: Unlimited War as Historical Phenomenon and Ideal -- Avoidance of War, Restrained War, and Unlimited War: How Are They Related? -- The Classic Statement of Just War: Victory as the Vindication of Justice -- May Unlimited Means of War Sometimes Be Justified? The Thinking of Paul Ramsey and Michael Walzer -- Removing Limits on War in Cosmopolitan Thinking About War -- Fighting Justly, Winning, and Exceeding the Limits: Some General Conclusions -- References -- 6: Revisionist Just War Theory and the Impossibility of a Moral Victory -- Introduction -- The Constable and The Soldier.
Warrior Cops and Cop Warriors -- Revisionist Just War Theory -- Revisionist vs Conventional Just War Theory -- Critiquing Revisionist Just War Theory: The Impossibility of a Moral Victory -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Challenges: The Problem of Victory in Contemporary Warfare -- 7: Victory and the Ending of Conflicts -- Introduction -- Defining Victory in War -- The Scandal of Winning -- War Aims, Jus Ad Bellum, and Victory -- Victory Matters Prudentially and Morally -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: The Ethics of Unwinnable War -- Introduction -- Just War Theory -- Unwinnable War -- The Just Way to Lose -- Redefine War Aims -- The Problem of Negotiating -- The Problem of Barbarism -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: The Scars of Victory: The Implied F̀inalitý of Success in War -- Introduction -- The Probability of Success in Just War Theory -- Affective Familiarization -- The Past as Present -- the Past as Future -- The Scars of (Moral) Victory? -- The Appomattox Myth and the permanent endurance of war -- Conclusions -- References -- 10: Winning Humanitarian Interventions? Problematizing Victory and jus post bellum in International Action to Stop Mass Atrocities -- Introduction -- Problematizing war and victory when protecting civilians -- Responsibilities After Humanitarian Interventions -- Problematizing Victory and jus post bellum -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: Neither Victors nor Victims: Royal Wootton Bassett and Civil-Military Relations in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- History and Background -- How it Came About -- Growing Media and National Awareness -- Politics and Remembrance -- The Town Recognized -- Implications for the Civil-Military Relationship -- Conclusions -- References -- 12: Cui Bono: Moral Victory in Privatized War -- Introduction -- Victory and Just Peace in the Just War Tradition.
PMCs and the Market for Force -- Privatized War and Just Peace -- PMCs and a Just Peace -- Conclusion -- References -- 13: Justice after the Use of Limited Force: Victory and the Moral Dilemmas of jus post vim -- Introduction -- Differentiating Jus Post Vim from Jus Post Bellum -- The Principles Of Jus Post Vim -- Conclusion: Limited Force and the Question of Peace -- References -- 14: Conclusion: The Normative, Political, and Temporal Dimensions of Moral Victories -- Introduction -- Three dimensions of victory -- Normative -- Political -- Temporal -- Reconstructing victory and the just war tradition -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
Sammanfattning: Moral Victories is the first book-length treatment of the ethical dimensions of victory in war.
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Cover -- Moral Victories: The Ethics of Winning Wars -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1: Introduction: Moral Victories-The Ethics of Winning Wars -- Introduction -- Victory Abounds -- Trophies and Triumphs -- Degrade and Destroy -- Moral Victories -- Traditions and Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Traditions: The Changing Character of Victory -- 2: L̀et God Rise Up! ́The Bible and Notions of Victory in War -- Introduction -- The Divine Warrior -- God as Commander and Judge -- The Divine Redeemer -- New Directions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: Carl von Clausewitz and Moral Victories -- Introduction -- Military victories -- The m̀ost beautiful of warś -- Moral victories -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Defeat as Moral Victory: The Historical Experience -- Reactions to Defeat -- Theme I: Death as Sacrifice -- Theme II: The Fallen as Martyrs -- Theme III: Betrayal -- Theme IV: Revenge -- Theme V: Decadence and Sin, Contrition and Redemption Through Suffering -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Victory Though the Heavens Fall? Unlimited Warfare as Theme and Phenomenon -- Judging the Moral Status of Unlimited War: Does Victory Matter Over All Else? -- Letting Slip the Dogs of War: Unlimited War as Historical Phenomenon and Ideal -- Avoidance of War, Restrained War, and Unlimited War: How Are They Related? -- The Classic Statement of Just War: Victory as the Vindication of Justice -- May Unlimited Means of War Sometimes Be Justified? The Thinking of Paul Ramsey and Michael Walzer -- Removing Limits on War in Cosmopolitan Thinking About War -- Fighting Justly, Winning, and Exceeding the Limits: Some General Conclusions -- References -- 6: Revisionist Just War Theory and the Impossibility of a Moral Victory -- Introduction -- The Constable and The Soldier.

Warrior Cops and Cop Warriors -- Revisionist Just War Theory -- Revisionist vs Conventional Just War Theory -- Critiquing Revisionist Just War Theory: The Impossibility of a Moral Victory -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Challenges: The Problem of Victory in Contemporary Warfare -- 7: Victory and the Ending of Conflicts -- Introduction -- Defining Victory in War -- The Scandal of Winning -- War Aims, Jus Ad Bellum, and Victory -- Victory Matters Prudentially and Morally -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: The Ethics of Unwinnable War -- Introduction -- Just War Theory -- Unwinnable War -- The Just Way to Lose -- Redefine War Aims -- The Problem of Negotiating -- The Problem of Barbarism -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: The Scars of Victory: The Implied F̀inalitý of Success in War -- Introduction -- The Probability of Success in Just War Theory -- Affective Familiarization -- The Past as Present -- the Past as Future -- The Scars of (Moral) Victory? -- The Appomattox Myth and the permanent endurance of war -- Conclusions -- References -- 10: Winning Humanitarian Interventions? Problematizing Victory and jus post bellum in International Action to Stop Mass Atrocities -- Introduction -- Problematizing war and victory when protecting civilians -- Responsibilities After Humanitarian Interventions -- Problematizing Victory and jus post bellum -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: Neither Victors nor Victims: Royal Wootton Bassett and Civil-Military Relations in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- History and Background -- How it Came About -- Growing Media and National Awareness -- Politics and Remembrance -- The Town Recognized -- Implications for the Civil-Military Relationship -- Conclusions -- References -- 12: Cui Bono: Moral Victory in Privatized War -- Introduction -- Victory and Just Peace in the Just War Tradition.

PMCs and the Market for Force -- Privatized War and Just Peace -- PMCs and a Just Peace -- Conclusion -- References -- 13: Justice after the Use of Limited Force: Victory and the Moral Dilemmas of jus post vim -- Introduction -- Differentiating Jus Post Vim from Jus Post Bellum -- The Principles Of Jus Post Vim -- Conclusion: Limited Force and the Question of Peace -- References -- 14: Conclusion: The Normative, Political, and Temporal Dimensions of Moral Victories -- Introduction -- Three dimensions of victory -- Normative -- Political -- Temporal -- Reconstructing victory and the just war tradition -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Moral Victories is the first book-length treatment of the ethical dimensions of victory in war.

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