Innocent Civilians The Morality of Killing in War [Paperback]

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.Introduction Guilt and Punitive War 1 Guilt and Punitive War 2 Social Roles and Feudal War Innocence of Modern War Non-Combatancy and Formal War Involvement and Total War Conclusion Bibliography Index

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

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.