Victory - The Triumph and Tragedy of Just War

This book examines the way in which the concept of victory has been treated in just-war thinking, the predominant discourse in the western world for thinking about the rights and wrongs of war.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Beneath Every History, Another History


• 2: Making a Desert and Calling it Peace


• 3: The Smell of Napalm in the Morning


• 4: The Usual Definition of Just Wars


• 5: The Right of Conquest


• 6: Mission Accomplished


• 7: The Disease of Victory


• Conclusion

About the author

Cian O'Driscoll is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow. Cian's principal area of research is the intersection between normative IR Theory and the history of political thought, with a particular focus on the ethics of war. His work has been published in leading journals in the field. His first monograph, The Renegotiation of the Just War Tradition (Palgrave), was published in 2008. Cian was the Principal Investigator on the ESRC grant-funded research project, Moral Victories: Ethics, Exit Strategies, and the Ending of Wars. Cian has also co-edited several volumes, including Moral Victories: The Ethics of Winning Wars (Oxford University Press, 2017), Just War Thinkers (London: 2017), and Just War: Authority, Tradition, Practice (Georgetown University Press: 2013). Cian is an ISRF Fellow and the Chair of International Ethics section of the International Studies Association.

Summary

This book examines the way in which the concept of victory has been treated in just-war thinking, the predominant discourse in the western world for thinking about the rights and wrongs of war.

Additional text

a thoughtful, erudite book that manages to insightfully explore both just war theory and the nature of war.

Product details

• Authors: Cian O'Driscoll, Cian (Senior Lecturer in Politics O''driscoll, O'Driscoll Cian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780198832911
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883291-1
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory