The Quest for Peace : : Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History / / James Turner Johnson.
James Turner Johnson goes beyond the examination of moral restraints on the occasion and conduct of war to a critical study of the moral thinking that has aimed at its prevention. This scrutiny of the peace issue" in Western society covers nearly two thousand years of history and three traditio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Christian Attitudes Toward War and Military Service in the First Four Centuries
- Chapter II. Peace, War, and the Rejection of Violence in the Middle Ages
- Chapter III. The Political Use of Force in the Renaissance- Reformation Era
- Chapter IV. “Perpetual Peace” and Limited War
- Chapter V. The Quest for Peace in the Age of Modern War
- Conclusion: Moral Ideals and the Quest for Peace
- Select Bibliography
- Index