A matter of principle : humanitarian arguments for war in Iraq / edited by Thomas Cushman.

Other author Cushman, Thomas, 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents Introduction: The liberal-humanitarian case for war in Iraq / Thomas Cushman -- Reconsidering regime change -- The case for regime change / Christopher Hitchens -- Liberal legacies, Europe's totalitarian era and the Iraq war: historical conjunctures and comparisons / Jeffrey Herf -- "Regime change": the case of Iraq / Jan Narveson -- In the murk of it: Iraq reconsidered / Mitchell Cohen -- Philosophical arguments -- National interest and international law / Roger Scruton -- Just war against an "outlaw" region / Mehdi Mozaffari -- Moral arguments: sovereignty, feasibility, agency, and consequences / Daniel Kofman -- Critiques of the left -- A friendly drink in a time of war / Paul Berman -- Wielding the moral club / Ian Buruma -- Peace, human rights, and the moral choices of the churches / Mient Jan Faber -- Ethical correctness and the decline of the left / Jonathan Rée -- Pages from a daily journal of argument / Norman Geras -- Liberal realism or liberal idealism: the Iraq war and the limits of tolerance / Richard Just -- European dimensions -- Iraq and the European left / John Lloyd -- Guilt's end: how Germany redefined the lessons of its past during the Iraq war / Richard Herzinger -- The Iraq war and the French left / Michel Taubmann -- Tempting illusions, scary realities, or the emperor's new clothes II / Anders Jerichow -- Solidarity -- Antitotalitarianism as a vocation: an interview with Adam Michnik / Thomas Cushman and Adam Michnik -- Sometimes, a war saves people / Jose Ramos-Horta -- Gulf war syndrome mark II: the case for siding with the Iraqi people / Johann Hari -- "They don't know one little thing" / Pamela Bone -- "Why did it take you so long to get here?" / Ann Clwyd -- Liberal statesmanship -- Full statement to the House of Commons, 18 March 2003 / Tony Blair -- The threat of global terrorism / Tony Blair.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004027416
ISBN0520244869 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520245555 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS79.76 .M38 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold