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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
"In this very important book, Stephen Carter demands, and provides, a clear-eyed ethical examination of Obama's ideas about just and unjust war -- nothing less than what is worth dying for."
Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen
"In this brilliant examination of the moral dimensions involved in our nation's decision to wage--or refuse to wage--war, Stephen L. Carter writes with the intellectual profundity of a scholar and the grace of a gifted novelist. "The Violence of Peace" is a must-read."
"Publishers Weekly"
Distinguished Yale Law professor and bestselling author Carter ("The Emperor of Ocean Park") examines Obama's words (particularly his invocation of the "just war tradition" during his Nobel Peace prize acceptance speech) and actions in order to determine his position on "what he believes to be worth fighting for." Rather than vilifying Obama, who has continued the dubious war-mongering of his predecessor, Carter believes that neither Bush nor Obama had much choice, arguing that modern warfare, involving drone attacks and long-distance fighting, is an autopoietic process. Carter delves into Obama's orientation toward the tenets of Just War, the theory that has dominated Western thought since the Roman era: jus ad bellum (just cause for going to war); "jus in bello" (just conduct within war); "jus ad pacem" (success in war); and "pacem in terris" (peace). The author cites Dissent editor Michael Walzer and other prominent political scientists almost as frequently as he does the president, and includes examples of warfare from the American Civil War to Afghanistan, resulting in a thoughtful examination of America's engagement in a "great war" undertaken by a dedicated thinker on the subject.
"Kirkus Reviews"
Barack Obama, Bushian warmonger. That's an oversimplification of the author's argument, but the point remains: As noted legal scho
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