Books: The Just War Tradition: An Introduction - David D. Corey and J. Daryl Charles

Let’s talk about just war

Nathaniel Peters

In a country where opinion oscillates between the extremes of realism and pacifism, learning the history of the just war tradition is important.

The Just War Tradition: An Introduction (American Ideals and Institutions)

In a campaign full of accusations and differing viewpoints, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama spent their third presidential debate agreeing with each other on foreign policy. Indeed, each was heard saying things more typically associated with the other’s party.

Romney described the multi-faceted approach to combating Islamist terrorism, noting that “we can’t kill our way out of this mess.” 

Obama declared that Muammar Gaddafi had more American blood on his hands than anyone except Osama bin Laden, and justified his intervention in Libya on the grounds that “America has to stand with democracy.” 

Both candidates espoused a kind of pragmatic American exceptionalism in international affairs: Romney argued that the mantle of leadership for promoting principles of peace has fallen on America’s shoulders, and Obama called America “the one indispensable nation.”

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