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  • Ethics Beyond War's End

    by Eric Patterson, James Turner Johnson, Michael Walzer, George R. Lucas Jr., Robert Royal, Robert E. Williams Jr., Pauletta Otis, Jean Bethke Elshtain, David A. Crocker, Brian Orend0, Mark Evans1 ...
    The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?Ethics Beyond War’s End ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Just War Theory and Likelihood of Success

    Prudential Judgement, Geopolitics and Just Statecraft

    Edited by Eric Patterson, Robert J. Joustra ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book analyzes the concept of likelihood of success in just war thinking and argues that if the concept should be retained, it must be reconsidered within the overall whole of the tradition of just war.The concept of likelihood of success has stood out as particularly troublesome to thinkers and practitioners in the just war tradition. The idea, while related to the other categories of just ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • A Basic Guide to the Just War Tradition

    Christian Foundations and Practices

    by Eric Patterson ...
    This brief introduction surveys Christian thinking on an array of topics related to security and peace from a just war perspective. Drawing primarily on Scripture and theology, Eric Patterson explores the moral dimensions of order, justice, and peace in light of key Christian doctrines such as love of neighbor, stewardship, vocation, and sphere sovereignty. He also examines the perennial questions ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • Military Necessity and Just War Statecraft

    The Principle of National Security Stewardship

    Edited by Eric Patterson, Marc LiVecche ...
    Series series War, Conflict and Ethics
    This book analyzes the concept of military necessity and just war thinking and argues that it should be seen as a vital moral principle for leaders.The principle of military necessity is well understood in the manuals of modern militaries and is recognized in the war convention. It is the idea that battlefield commanders should make every effort to win on a local battlefield, within legal means, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Just War and Christian Traditions

    Edited by Eric Patterson, J. Daryl Charles ...
    This much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application to contemporary conflicts.Recent Christian reflection on war has largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Innovation

    Edited by Renu Agarwal, Eric Patterson, Sancheeta Pugalia, Roy Green ...
    In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the undertaking of managing innovation. Without the right focus, resourcing and capabilities, firms struggle to create value through innovation. However, the task of managing innovation is one of continuous paradoxes where an overly structured mind-set can impede entrepreneurship, creativity, culture and the right conditions for ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • On Brokeback Mountain

    Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film

    by Eric Patterson ...
    On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations About Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film provides a close, detailed, comparative discussion of the short story and the film in relation to ways of understanding masculinity and love between men in American culture. It uses analytical ideas from gay and lesbian/queer studies, American studies, social history, film history, and literary history, ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States

    by Kimberly Ervin Alexander, David K. Bernard, David Cole, Earl Creps, David Daniels, Jeff Hittenberger, Calvin M. Johansson, Frank Macchia, Margaret M. Poloma, Arlene Sánchez Walsh ...
    One hundred years after the Azusa Street Revival stunned Los Angeles and changed Western Christianity, Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. However, many Pentecostal denominations in the United States are in a slow decline. Will Pentecostalism survive in North America in the twenty-first century? If so, what forms will it take? The Future of Pentecostalism ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Military Chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond

    Advisement and Leader Engagement in Highly Religious Environments

    by Douglas L. Carver, LaShanda D. Hess-Hernandez, Jason Klocek, Dayne Nix, Gary E. Roberts, S.K. Moore, Ron E. Hassner, Eric Wester, Capt. Jon Cutler, Lt. Col. Eric Keller, Colonel Mike Hoyt, Pauletta Otis, Colonel William David West ...
    Series series Peace and Security in the 21st Century
    The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. U.S. military chaplains, who are by definition non-combatants, have been called upon by their war-fighting commanders to take on new roles beyond providing religious services to the troops. Chaplains are now also required ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Politics in a Religious World

    Building a Religiously Informed U.S. Foreign Policy

    by D. Eric Patterson ...
    Politics in a Religious World examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the role of religion in international conflicts.After the Cold War, it became evident that religion was a key factor in many conflicts, including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. However, the US failed to correctly appreciate this role, for example predicting the failure of the Iranian theocrats in 1979. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Just American Wars

    Ethical Dilemmas in U.S. Military History

    by Eric Patterson ...
    Series series War, Conflict and Ethics
    This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the American Revolution to the present day.Specifically, the book looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts from a just war perspective. For example, was the casus belli of the American Revolution just, and more specifically, was the Continental ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Latin America's Neo-Reformation

    Religion's Influence on Contemporary Politics

    by Eric Patterson ...
    Series series Latin American Studies
    The purpose of this study is to focus on the intersection of religion and politics. Do different religions result in different politics? More specifically, are there significant contrasts between the political attitudes and behavior of Catholics and Protestants in Latin America? ... Read more

    $57.99 USD