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Title The prism of just war : Asian and Western perspectives on the legitimate use of military force / edited by Howard M. Hensel
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010]
©2010

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Description vi, 283 pages ; 25 cm
Series Justice, international law and global security
Justice, international law and global security.
Contents Pt. I. The Western just war tradition. The Greco-Roman roots of the Western just war tradition / Gregory A. Raymond -- Christian belief and Western just war thought / Howard M. Hensel -- Early modern perspectives on Western just war thought / Tyler Rauert -- Pt. II. The concept of just war in Southwest and South Asian thought. Sunni Islam and the regulation of war / John Kelsay -- Shiʾi perspectives on war / Valerie Morkevicius -- Hindu perspectives on war / Valerie Morkevicius -- Pt. III. The concept of just war in East Asian thought. The Chinese concept of righteous war / David A. Graff -- Japanese perceptions of just war / Edward A. Olsen -- Korean perceptions of just war / Edward A. Olsen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Just war doctrine.
War -- Religious aspects.
Author Hensel, Howard M.
LC no. 2009035076
ISBN 0754675106 (hardback : alk. paper)
0754699889 (ebook)
9780754675105 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780754699880 (ebook)