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Innocent Civilians

The Morality of Killing in War

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Colm McKeogh

    1. University of Waikato, New Zealand

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 1-18

  3. Guilt and Punitive War 1

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 19-36

  4. Guilt and Punitive War 2

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 37-48

  5. Social Roles and Feudal War

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 49-74

  6. Innocence and Modern War

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 75-97

  7. Non-combatancy and Formal War

    • Colm McKeogh
    Pages 99-122

  8. Involvement and Total War

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    Pages 123-143

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 145-173

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-200
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Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. In doing so he highlights the unsuccessful attempts to reconcile warfare with our civilization's most fundamental principles of justice.

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' - this succinct, well-written study...should be part of all major academic libraries...highly recommended...' - M. Amstutz, Choice

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Waikato, New Zealand

    Colm McKeogh

About the author

COLM MCKEOGH is Lecturer in the Defence and Strategic Studies Programme, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. He is the author of The Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr.

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