TITLE

A JUST WAR Force was justified & restrained

AUTHOR(S)
Elshtain, Jean Bethke
PUB. DATE
April 2003
SOURCE
Commonweal;4/25/2003, Vol. 130 Issue 8, p11
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses two just cause principles regarding the decision of the U.S. to wage war against Iraq. Information on the discrimination issue regarding the war in Iraq; Background of the weapons of mass destruction and the nuclear program of Iraq; Details on the proportionality of the war in Iraq.
ACCESSION #
9581472

Tags: IRAQ War, 2003-2011;  WEAPONS of mass destruction;  DISCRIMINATION

 

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