Bibloigraphy for Just War Theory

1. Isaac, B. (2004). The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
a. Secondary
b. This book touches on how racism was used in the ancient world. There is one section in the book that talks about how ancient peoples were discriminated against based on race by dehumanizing them. The dehumanization of the enemy is also an important part of fighting an enemy in a just war. I used this book in my comment on the ancient slavery blog
2. White, C. M. (2010). Iraq: The Moral Reckoning. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
a. Secondary
b. This book talks about ancient just war theory in a modern context. It focuses on how the ancient just war theory was used on the American public while the federal government was justifying the Iraq War. This was used in my midterm post.
3. Jones, J. D., & Griesbach, M. F. (Eds.). (1985). Just War Theory in the Nuclear Age. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
a. Secondary
b. This book explores an interesting area of modern just war theory. It proposes that there is a new just war theory due to the fact that we are living in a “nuclear age.” President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize winning speech also makes note of just war theory in a time when the stakes of war are so much higher than they have been in the past due to nuclear weapons.
4. Fiala, A. (2008). The Just War Myth. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
a. Secondary
b. This book asserts that there is no such thing as a “just war.” The ancient accepted war as a natural part of life. This book, on the other hand, says that there is no real way to apply just war theory and that war is inherently unjust.
5. Fotion, N. (2007). War & Ethics: A New Just War Theory. New York, NY: Continuum.
a. Secondary
b. Fotion goes through how just war theory was applied to a variety of wars and military conflicts in the twentieth century. This source was used in my midterm post.
6. Bethke Elshtain, J. (Ed.). (1992). Just War Theory. New York, NY: New York University Press.
a. Secondary
b. This book by a variety of authors goes through the entire history of just war theory from antiquity to how it can be applied in the nuclear age.
7. Evans, M. (Ed.). (2005). Just War Theory: A Reappraisal. Edinburgh, Great Britain: Edinburgh University Press.
a. Secondary
b. Various authors go into detail about the just causes of war and the just practice of war. This book explores the two sides of justice war theory. Justice in going to war, and the actual practice of a just war.
8. De Officiis by Cicero
a. Primary
9. City of God by St. Augustine
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10. Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas
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11. Politics by Aristotle
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12. History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
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