A Matter of Principle / Humanitarian Arguments For War in Iraq - Cushman, Thomas
Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
KORTE INHOUD
Current debate over the motives, ideological justifications, and outcomes of the war with Iraq have been strident and polarizing. A Matter of Principle is the first volume gathering critical voices from around the world to offer an alternative perspective on the prevailing pro-war and anti-war positions. The contribu-tors--political figures, public intellectuals, scholars, church leaders, and activists--represent the most powerful views of liberal internationalism. Offering alternative positions that challenge the status quo of both the left and the right, these essays claim that, in spite of the inconsistent justifications provided by the United States and its allies and the conflict-ridden process of social reconstruction, the war in Iraq has been morally justifiable on the grounds that Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant, a flagrant violator of human rights, a force of global instability and terror, and a threat to world peace. The authors discuss the limitations of the current system of global governance...
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2005Uitgever: University of California Press384 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0520245555ISBN-13: 9780520245556Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2005, 276pp, paperback, mooi exemplaar [Auteur: Cushman, Thomas] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: University of California Press] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: A Matter of Principle / Humanitarian Arguments For War in Iraq]
