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This book examines the way in which the concept of victory has been treated in just-war thinking, the predominant discourse in the western world for thinking about the rights and wrongs of war.

War --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- War and morals

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What does it mean to win a moral victory? Ideals of just and decisive triumphs often colour the call to war, yet victory is an increasingly dubious proposition in modern conflict, where negotiated settlements and festering violence have replaced formal surrenders. In the Just War and strategic studies traditions, assumptions about victory also underpin decisions to go to war but become more problematic in discussions about its conduct and conclusion. So although winning is typically considered the very object of war, we lack a clear understanding of victory itself. Likewise, we lack reliable resources for discerning a just from an unjust victory, for balancing the duty to fight ethically with the obligation to win, and for assessing the significance of changing ways of war for moral judgment. Though not amenable to easy answers, these important questions are both perennial and especially urgent.

War --- Moral and ethic aspects. --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Fighting --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Military art and science --- Peace

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This book is an excellent introduction to the debates currently going on about just war theory and about actual just and unjust wars. Readers will find the centuries long arguments about when to fight and how to fight carefully analyzed and evaluated in a series of highly intelligent and inter-connected essays

Just war doctrine --- Guerre juste --- History. --- Histoire.