The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle

Zusatztext

The Sword, the Cross, and the Eagle explores how Christian principles and the natural law tradition consider the use of military force and how they support the just war tradition over other moral traditions of war. By promoting the use of offensive war as justifiable under a just war rationale, the book challenges the Christian communityOs basic assumptions regarding the use of force. In this book, Davis Brown persuasively argues that the just war tradition drives the contemporary military ethos and statecraft of the United States. As the worldOs only superpower and the worldOs standard-bearer for democracy, the United States has more armed forces stationed or deployed outside its borders than all other countries combined. Because of this, the conduct of the United Statesfor good or illhas enormous ramifications on the development of norms in international law and statecraft. It therefore behooves the international community to appreciate what values the United States seeks to advance when it resorts to military force.

Autorenportrait

Davis Brown is director of the Just War Theory Project for the Academic Council on the United Nations System, an international institute of scholars and practitioners that reevaluate the role of war, intervention, and rebellion. He is also an attorney and has been a visiting scholar at George Washington University.

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