President George Bush said yes; some bishops said no; even Doonesbury touched on the question. But what does it mean, in any case, to say that a war is just? What are the yardsticks of justice that support President Bush's claim that it was just to reverse Iraq's invasion of Kuwait? And how does one evaluate the justness of stopping the war when the allies did? And what of our fierce bombing of the fleeing Iraqi troops on the road from Kuwait? The threat to Israel? The.

Justice and injustice in the Gulf War / Michael Walzer -- From last resort to endgame : morality, the Gulf War, and the peace process / George Weigel -- Just war as politics : what the Gulf War told us about contemporary American life / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Can wars be just? A Palestinian viewpoint of the Gulf War / Sari Nusseibeh -- Whose just war? Which peace? / Stanley Hauerwas.