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Ethics and the Gulf War

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Ethics and the Gulf War

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Ethics and the Gulf War book

Religion, Rhetoric, and Righteousness

Ethics and the Gulf War

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Ethics and the Gulf War book

Religion, Rhetoric, and Righteousness
ByKenneth L. Vaux
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1992
eBook Published 27 September 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429032660
Pages 202
eBook ISBN 9780429032660
Subjects Social Sciences
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Vaux, K.L. (1992). Ethics and the Gulf War: Religion, Rhetoric, and Righteousness (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429032660

ABSTRACT

The war on the ground and in the air over Kuwait and Iraq was not the only Gulf War being fought in early 1990. George Bush and Saddam Hussein were also battling for public opinion and for the perception of legitimacy for their actions. In this effort, both men as well as their spokespersons appealed to the just war theory of their religious traditions. In this perceptive and wide-ranging book, Kenneth Vaux elucidates the great just war traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, evaluating the key events of the war in light of the religious rhetoric used by both sides. From the first stirrings of conflict to its uncertain aftermath, religious and ethical traditions played a major role in winning support not just for the U.S. and Iraqi peoples but of public opinion worldwide. Throughout Vaux demonstrates the wide gaps between religious rhetoric and the political-military action it has been called on to support. Ethics and the Gulf War is not a typical ethical treatise; Vaux understands ethical reflection to encompass history, philosophy, psychology, ecology, theology, and eschatology. His book is a valuable contribution to the understanding of the Gulf War, and it is fascinating for scholars and laypersons coming to this subject from almost any area of interest.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|6 pages

An Introduction to Just War Ethics

chapter 2|28 pages

War Chronicle: The Ethics of the War over Kuwait

chapter 3|28 pages

War Ethics in Israel: Biblical and Modern Perspectives

chapter 4|24 pages

Islam, Jihad, and Iraq's Holy War

chapter 5|33 pages

Christian Traditions of Pacifism and Just War

chapter 6|26 pages

Secular Just War Theory

chapter 7|15 pages

Justice, Peace, and the Future of War

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