On War and Democracy /

On War and Democracy / / Christopher Kutz.

On War and Democracy provides a richly nuanced examination of the moral justifications democracies often invoke to wage war. In this compelling and provocative book, Christopher Kutz argues that democratic principles can be both fertile and toxic ground for the project of limiting war's violenc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Kutz, Christopher,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Permissions
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: War, Politics, Democracy
  • 2. Democratic Security
  • 3. Citizens and Soldiers: The Difference Uniforms Make
  • 4. A Modest Case for Symmetry: Are Soldiers Morally Equal?
  • 5. Leaders and the Gambles of War: Against Political Luck
  • 6. War, Democracy, and Publicity: The Persistence of Secret Law
  • 7. Must a Democracy Be Ruthless? Torture, Necessity, and Existential Politics
  • 8. Humanitarian Intervention and the New Democratic Holy Wars
  • 9. Democratic States in Victory: Vae Victis?
  • 10. Drones, Democracy, and the Future of War
  • 11. Democracy and the Death of Norms
  • 12. Looking Backward: Democratic Transitions and the Choice of Justice
  • Notes
  • Index

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