Contents
Preface
Part 1. Principles
1. Justifying War
2. The Just War Decision: Legitimate Authority
3. The Just War Decision: Traditional Just-Cause Considerations
4. The Just War Decision: Just Cause and Interventionist Wars
5. The Just War Decision: Right Intention
6. Just War Conduct
7. Nuclear Weapons and Just War Conduct
Part 2. Cases and Questions
World War I (1914–18)
The Vietnam Wars (1946–75)
The Falklands War (1982)
Revolution and Civil War in Nicaragua (1978–90)
The Civil War in El Salvador (1979–92)
The Gulf War (1991)
The Intervention in Somalia (1992–94)
The Bosnian War (1992–95)
The Invasion and Reconstruction of Iraq (2003–12)
Afghanistan (1998–2014?)
Libya (2011)
New Regimes, Islamist Militants, and Western Security
Appendix 1. The United Nations Charter
Appendix 2. War Powers Resolution: November 7, 1973
Selected Bibliography
Index