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Preemption and Just War: Considering the Case of Iraq

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Preemption and Just War: Considering the Case of Iraq written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article demonstrates that the use of military force by the Bush Administration against the regime of Saddam Hussein does not meet the ethical criteria for "preemptive war" set forth in the classical Just War tradition. It considers ethical questions raised by the U.S.-led attack against Iraq as part of the war against global terrorism and argues that the doctrine of preemptive war as applied in the case of Iraq fails crucial ethical tests. Could Operation Iraqi Freedom and the global war on terrorism be as pivotal in the history of ethical decision making as the emergence of the nation state in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648? Do new ethics for the war on terror sever the 4th-century Augustinian roots of Just War theory and the ties to Thomas Aquinas's "Summa Theologica" 700 years later? Could the first major war of the 21st century inaugurate a revolution in ethical decision making about warfare, justifying a new set of criteria for preemption or preventive war? Answers to these questions hinge on whether or not the doctrine of preemption matures into new ethical criteria. Such criteria would build not on foundations for constraining unavoidable human violence, but stretch toward a vision of an ideal of liberty that justifies the selective killing of some to achieve a greater good of liberty for many others. This emerging ethic installs the United States as the guardian of a universal, even transcendent, cause of freedom and the ultimate arbiter in that cause. This article applies the classic categories of Just War tradition to the doctrine of preemption as advanced by the current Administration in the justification for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Choice of War

Author : Albert L. Weeks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Choice of War written by Albert L. Weeks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A longtime scholar of the Cold War deftly weaves together the tradition of "just war" and an examination of current events to show how the time-honored concepts of jus ad bellum (justice of war) and jus in bello (justice in war) apply to the U.S. military involvement in Iraq. This timely analysis of President George W. Bush's foreign policy deals with the cornerstone of his administrationsthe "war on terror"as implemented in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, and at Abu Ghraib prison. The Choice of War: The Iraq War and the "Just War" Tradition discusses NSS 2002, the national security statement that became the blueprint for the Bush Doctrine. It explains the differences and similarities between preventive and pre-emptive war and explores the administration's justification of the necessity of the March 2003 invasion. Finally, it analyzes the conduct of the war, the occupation, and the post-occupation phases of the conflict. In evaluating the Bush Doctrine, both as declared strategy and as implemented, Albert L. Weeks asks whether going it virtually alone in the global struggle against 21st-century terrorism should be incorporated permanently into American political and military policy. Answering no, he suggests an alternative to a doctrine that has isolated the United States and left the world divided.

Would an Invasion of Iraq be a "just War"?

Author : David R. Smock
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Would an Invasion of Iraq be a "just War"? written by David R. Smock and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ethics of Preventive War

Author : Deen K. Chatterjee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521765684
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Preventive War written by Deen K. Chatterjee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the complex and contested moral and legal issues of preventive warfare.

Just War and Preemption

Author : Usmc Command USMC Command and Staff College
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781511746571
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Just War and Preemption written by Usmc Command USMC Command and Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-Cold War era presented to the nations of the world the opportunity to experience peace in a way that had not been enjoyed for decades, if not centuries. However, since the end of the Cold War there have been a significant number of smaller conflicts, genocides, ethnic cleansings, and regional battles. The September 11, 2001, attacks against targets in the United States brought the strife to the US in an unexpected way. Since that day, there has been a significant level of US military activity in the world, and plenty of debate over how to do it. One of the most interesting aspects of the debate is over the "preemptive war" that was started in Iraq. While this thesis is not specifically about Operation Iraqi Freedom, it is a catalyst, of sorts, for studying the subject of the Just War Tradition and its influence on preemptive military activities.

Strategic Preemption

Author : Robert J. Pauly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351897624
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Preemption written by Robert J. Pauly and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing the second US-Iraq conflict in the context of emerging trends in international relations, this exceptional, timely volume examines the broad framework of US policy toward Iraq under the administration of George W. Bush. The Second Iraq War marks the third time since 1991 that the United States has invaded a Muslim country, and this book details not only the specifics of the conflict, but the war's broad impact on US relations with Muslim states, both in a regional and global context. It analyzes the development of the previous US policy of containment to the new doctrine of preemption. The volume also: ¢ Examines the linkages between Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001 and the prosecution of the Second Iraq War. ¢

Iraq

Author : Craig M. White
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739138952
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Iraq written by Craig M. White and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iraq: The Moral Reckoning applies classic just war theory to the U.S. decision to go to war in 2003. That theory, which evolved over several millennia, is a simple, profound tool for evaluating the rightness and wisdom of starting a war. The Bush administration and its supporters referred directly and indirectly to the theory in making a pro-war case to the world. The theory provides three core moral criteria for a just war: sovereign authority, just cause, and right intention (which includes an aim of peace). It adds three practical criteria: proportionality of ends, last resort, and reasonable chance of success. For a just war, each criterion should be substantially met. Since war is destructive and each country is presumed to have the right to live in peace, the evidence in favor of war must be clearly stronger than evidence against it. For each criterion, Iraq: The Moral Reckoning painstakingly weighs Bush administration statements, or those of its supporters, against evidence available at the time. A wide range of viewpoints and evidence is considered, and contrary arguments are refuted. One full chapter is given to neoconservative arguments on just war theory and its application from prominent war supporters. Each criterion, except sovereign authority, is shown not to have been met. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of an unjust war for the United States and the world. The intensive weighing of each criterion against the facts and the balanced approach make the book unique. By demonstrating a comprehensive application of the theory to one war, it not only sets a new standard for evaluating the 2003 Iraq war, but also shows how present and future wars can be better evaluated in moral and practical terms, based on knowledge available at the time.

The War to Oust Saddam Hussein

Author : James Turner Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742549562
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book The War to Oust Saddam Hussein written by James Turner Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first and only book to provide a moral analysis of the war in Iraq and its implications for the future of the war and peacemaking. The War to Oust Saddam hussein addresses the key questions most people are asking today: What should be the standard for pre-emptive uses of military force? What of the other arguments offered for the need to remove Saddam Hussein and restructure Iraq? What is to be said for the furture of fruitful relations between the cultures of the West and of Islam?

Neo-conned!

Author : J. Forrest Sharpe
Publisher : IHS Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neo-conned! written by J. Forrest Sharpe and published by IHS Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Asserting the traditional, Christian just war doctrine against the neoconservative caricature that masks violence and aggression." Includes bibliographical references (p. [446]-447).

Striking First

Author : Michael W. Doyle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691136580
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Striking First written by Michael W. Doyle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? Tackling one of the most controversial policy issues of the post-September 11 world, Michael Doyle argues that neither the Bush Doctrine nor customary international law is capable of adequately responding to the pressing security threats of our times. In Striking First, Doyle shows how the Bush Doctrine has consistently disregarded a vital distinction in international law between acts of preemption in the face of imminent threats and those of prevention in the face of the growing offensive capability of an enemy. Taking a close look at the Iraq war, the 1998 attack against al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other conflicts, he contends that international law must rely more completely on United Nations Charter procedures and develop clearer standards for dealing with lethal but not immediate threats. After explaining how the UN can again play an important role in enforcing international law and strengthening international guidelines for responding to threats, he describes the rare circumstances when unilateral action is indeed necessary. Based on the 2006 Tanner Lectures at Princeton University, Striking First includes responses by distinguished political theorists Richard Tuck and Jeffrey McMahan and international law scholar Harold Koh, yielding a lively debate that will redefine how--and for what reasons--tomorrow's wars are fought.

Striking First

Author : B. Glad
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137085762
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Striking First written by B. Glad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have the September 11th terrorist attacks and the subsequent U.S. led war on terrorism impacted American foreign policy at home and abroad? The consistent theme throughout this collection of essays is that September 11th was a watershed event, which sparked a redefinition and reassessment of U.S. foreign policy, governmental institutions, and the public's sense of internal and external security. The Bush Administration's endeavor to remake American foreign policy with an emphasis on a preemptive, first strike doctrine and its attempt to build an internal security apparatus are not only consequential in the war on terrorism, such efforts are challenging the very fundamentals of American political life and its perception throughout the world.

Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Author : Steven Metz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom written by Steven Metz and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the defining characteristics of strategy making in the Bush administration was the treatment of any decision involving transnational terrorism as a crisis with a limited slate of participants and a minimal role for professional expertise except on operational and technical considerations. When the administration broke from its predecessors and chose to approach the Iraq issue as part of the war on terrorism rather than as simply an element of regional stability, it shifted to a crisis decision mode. This was unusual since the Iraq conflict did not meet the usual requirements for a crisis: a very high threat and limited decision time. This initial volume provides a review of decisions made by senior military and civilian leaders during the several years thus far of the war in Iraq, and focuses on the how and why certain decisions were made.

Preemption

Author : Henry Shue
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199233136
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Preemption written by Henry Shue and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a nation ever justified in attacking before it has been attacked? If so, under precisely what conditions? This volume of new, specially commissioned chapters provides the most definitive assessment to date of the justifiability of preemptive or preventive military action.

Prevention, Preemption, and the Bush Doctrine

Author : Timothy A. Butler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Prevention, Preemption, and the Bush Doctrine written by Timothy A. Butler and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the publication of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, September 2002, President George W. Bush became the first American president to articulate in official policy the willingness of the United States to engage in preemptive warfare. This "Bush Doctrine" set off a significant debate among policymakers and moralists as to the nature of preemptive war and whether or not the United States' preparations to invade Iraq shortly thereafter were de facto preemptive or preventive. These debates often lacked clarity. The Bush administration and other policymakers frequently used the terms preemptive and preventive as if they were interchange, though they are not. Moralists frequently considered the morality of such action by reference to "the Just War Tradition" as if it was one, consistent voice throughout history, though it is not. This paper attempts to clarify these matters by differentiating between the theocentric and anthropocentric Just War traditions that developed in the West, clarifying the nature of preemptive and preventive warfare according to these traditions, and providing an historical analysis of the morality of preemption and prevention as articulated in the writings of major theocentric Just War theorists from the ancient to the early modern period. Because the author believes that the U.S. has consistently made decisions about the morality of war from the perspective of the theocentric Just War Tradition and that the invasion of Iraq was preventive rather than preemptive, which is prohibited by that tradition, he concludes that the Bush Doctrine should be abandoned."--Abstract.

Iraq

Author : Gerhard Beestermoeller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135132330X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Iraq written by Gerhard Beestermoeller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays about the ongoing crisis concerning Iraq is written from the perspective of the "thoughtful opposition." German and American scholars from diverse backgrounds--moral theology, policy analysis, political science, Middle Eastern history--all criticize, albeit sometimes for different reasons, unilateral U.S. military action against Iraq. The chapters are uniformly free of intemperate language and careless argumentation characteristic of much opposition to American foreign policy. The authors address the moral, legal, political, or historical dimensions of the Iraq problem. They also assess the threat Saddam Hussein represents to his region and the world as well as the prospects for alternative strategies. The reasoning is well-informed, sensitive to complexity, and attentive to detail. Contributions include: Klaus Dicke, "Peace Through International Law and the Case of Iraq"; Hans J. Giessmann, "The Dubious Legitimacy of Preventive Military Action against Iraq"; John Langan, "Is Attacking Iraq a Good Idea?" and "Is There a Just Cause for War against Iraq?"; Gerhard Beestermller, "The United States: Legitimate Authority for War against Iraq?"; Drew Christiansen, "Holy See Policy towards Iraq"; Henner Frtig, "Iraq: How Severe is the Threat?"; and David Cortright, Alistair Millar, and George A. Lopez, "Sanctions, Inspections and Containment. Viable Policy Options in Iraq." While Iraq: Threat and Response may not be welcomed by uncritical supporters of U.S. policy, it is a reasoned, compassionate exploration of alternatives to military action in Iraq. The volume is clearly designed to strengthen opposition to unilateral action in the United States and abroad. It will be of great interest to students of foreign policy, military studies, and the Middle East. Gerhard Beestermller is deputy director of the Catholic Institute for Theology and Peace, near Hamburg. His focus of research is political ethics and peace ethics. David Little is T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict and director of Initiatives in Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author, with Scott W. Hibbard, of Islamic Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Author : Walt L. Perry
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation Iraqi Freedom written by Walt L. Perry and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes a report on the planning and execution of operations in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM through June 2004. Recommends changes to Army plans, operational concepts, doctrine, and Title 10 functions.

Dark Victory

Author : Jeffrey Record
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dark Victory written by Jeffrey Record and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent national security analyst provides a critical examination of the origins, objectives, conduct, and consequences of the U.S. war against Iraq in this major new study. Focusing on the intersection of world politics, U.S. foreign policy, and the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Jeffrey Record presents a full-scale policy analysis of the war and its aftermath. As he looks at the political and strategic legacies of the 1991 Gulf War, the impact of 9/11 and neo-conservative ideology on the George W. Bush White House, and the formulation of the Bush Doctrine on the use of force, he assesses rather than describes, judges rather than recites facts. He decries the Bush administration's threat conflation of Saddam Hussein's Iraq and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, and calls U.S. plans inadequate to meet postwar challenges in Iraq. With the support of convincing evidence, the author concludes that America's war against Iraq was both unnecessary and damaging to long-term U.S. security interests. He argues that there was no threatening Saddam-Osama connection and that even if Iraq had the weapons of mass destruction that the Bush administration believed necessitated war, it could have been readily deterred from using them, just as it had been in 1991. Record faults the administration for preventive, unilateralist policies that alienated friends and allies, weakened international institutions important to the United States, and saddled America with costly, open-ended occupation of an Arab heartland. He contends that far from being a major victory against terrorism, the war provided Islamic jihadists an expanded recruiting base and a new front of operations against Americans. Such a solid, thought-provoking study merits attention.