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O'Brien, William Vincent,

Conduct of just and limited war / William V. O'Brien. - New York, N.Y. : Praeger, 1981. - xii, 495 pages ; 25 cm - Praeger special studies .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-480) and index.

The perennial requirement of just and limited war -- Jus ad bellum: permissible recourse to war -- Jus in bello: the just conduct of war -- Just war applied: the United States in World War II and Korea -- Just war applied: the United States in Vietnam -- Critical issues of just war: nuclear deterrence and war and conventional war -- Critical issues of just war: the jus ad bellum of revolutionary/counterinsurgency war -- Critical issues of just war: the jus in bello of revolutionary/ counterinsurgency war -- The meaning of limited war -- Korea: the precedental limited war -- Vietnam: limited war on trial -- The Yom Kippur war: an exemplary limited war -- Modes and channels for the limitation of war -- The conduct of just and limited war: state of the question.

ISBN: 0275906930 9780275906931

LCCN: 81011883

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War.
Just war doctrine.
Limited war.
Just war doctrine.
Guerre.
Guerre juste.
Guerre limitée.
Just war doctrine.
Limited war.
War.

LC Class. No.: KC1353 / .O27