Book Review: Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition

Authors

Wylie W. Johnson

Files

Description

Author: Christian Nikolaus Braun

Reviewed by Reverend Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, chaplain, US Army War College class of 2010

Retired US Army chaplain Dr. Wylie W. Johnson reviews Christian Nikolaus Braun’s dissertation-turned-book on a “casuistic” approach to just war informed by the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. Johnson overviews the philosophies with which Braun engages—those of Michael Walzer and of revisionists (virtue ethicists)—and quotes Braun’s central purpose: to provide a “third way” to these philosophies and “remind contemporary thinkers of the tradition’s core—namely, its practical function as a guide to statecraft.”

Publication Date

5-20-2024

Keywords

Thomas Aquinas, ethics, Walzer, revisionists, warfare

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Recommended Citation

Wylie W. Johnson, Book Review: Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition ( US Army War College Press, 2024),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/46