Just War Theory and Literary Studies

Zusatztext

<div><p>This book questions when, why, and how it is just for a people to go to war, or to refrain from warring, in a post-9/11 world. To do so, it explores Just War Theory (JWT) in relationship to recent American accounts of the experience of war. The book analyses the <i>jus ad bellum </i>criteria of just war¿right intention, legitimate authority, just cause, probability of success, and last resort¿before exploring <i>jus in bello</i>, or the law that governs the way in which warfare is conducted. By combining just-war ethics and sustained explorations of major works of twentieth and twenty-first century American war writing, this study offers the first book-length reflection on how JWT and literary studies can inform one another fruitfully.</p></div>

Autorenportrait

<p><b>Ty Hawkins </b>is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Central Arkansas, USA. His previous works include <i>Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror </i>(2012).</p> <b>Andrew Kim </b>is Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Humanities and Associate Professor of Theology at Marquette University, USA. He is the author of <i>An Introduction to Catholic Ethics since Vatican II </i>(2015).

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