978-1-57075-859-1 After the Smoke Clears The Just War Tradition and Post War Justice
by
Mark J. Allman, Tobias L. Winright
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160pp.
Paperback
bibliography, index
Book Description Once the smoke of the battlefield blows away, what are the moral requirements of the "victor"?
While most studies of just war focus on the rationale for going to war and the conduct of the war, this important book by Allman and Winright examines the period after the conflict. What must be done to restore justice? In the words of the authors, "'Victory' is declared by presidents and other leaders, yet all too often no just peace is to be found in the
wake of today’s conflicts…After the smoke clears, the powers that be may declare 'mission accomplished' when, as Ezekiel long ago said, there
really is no peace."
Part I provides an overview of just war theories and the emerging concern about the period that ensues when "official" hostilities end. Part II presents four criteria for ensuring post war justice: just cause, the need for reconciliation, the need for punishment, and the need for restoration.
Suitable for classes in ethics, Catholic social teaching, moral theology, and religion and society, After the Smoke Clears offers a telling critique of
the moral aftermath of war.
Mark J. Allman is an associate professor of ethics at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. He is the author of Who Would Jesus Kill? Peace, War and the Christian Tradition.
Tobias L. Winright is an assistant professor of
Christian ethics at Saint Louis University. With several years of experience in corrections and policing, he has published articles on just war theory and on issues in criminal justice in the Journal of the Society of
Christian Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, National Catholic Reporter, Sojourners Magazine, Christian Century, Criminal Justice Ethics, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, and others.
