Photo essay - Humanitarian interventions -- 1. War until 450 CE-- 2. War from 450 CE -- Photo essay: Political interventions -- 3. Two choices? Pacificism or just war -- 4. The just war and Iraq -- 5. Church-state relations -- 6. Interventions -- 7. Would an international constbulary prevent pre-emptive military strikes? -- 8. Conscientious objection -- 9. 'Our home is girt by sea' -- Epilogue
Summary
"Living by the Sword is the first critique of the Australian military experience from a Christian ethical perspective. It surveys attitudes towards war and warfare from ancient to modern times, considers the moral status of the nation-state and international sovereignty, asks whether the just war tradition was relevant to campaigns against Iraq, assesses recent emphasis on collective security and suggests some difficulties associated with recognising conscientious objection. As intra-state conflicts increase, this book considers when and where humanitarian intervention is justified and whether the creation of an 'international constabulary' might avoid the need for pre-emptive military strikes."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis
Australian Defence Force
War (International law)
Just war
Ethics
Deployment of forces
Peacekeeping operations
Iraq War
Opposition to war
United Nations
Christianity
History
War - Religious aspects - Christianity
Intervention (International law) - Moral and ethical aspects
Just war doctrine
Intervention (International law) - Religious aspects - Christianity
Notes
Includes index
Library's N copy signed by the author. ANL
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index
