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Just War Theory and Literary Studies: An Invitation to Dialogue

Just War Theory and Literary Studies: An Invitation to Dialogue

Hawkins, Ty
Kim, Andrew

Hardcover

Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Literary CriticismGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3030798623
ISBN13: 9783030798628
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Sep 2 2021
Pages: 169
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book questions when, why, and how it is just for a people to go to war, or to refrain from warring, in a post-9/11 world. To do so, it explores Just War Theory (JWT) in relationship to recent American accounts of the experience of war. The book analyses the jus ad bellum criteria of just war--right intention, legitimate authority, just cause, probability of success, and last resort--before exploring jus in bello, or the law that governs the way in which warfare is conducted. By combining just-war ethics and sustained explorations of major works of twentieth and twenty-first century American war writing, this study offers the first book-length reflection on how JWT and literary studies can inform one another fruitfully.

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