Setting the context: are we involved in a clash of civilizations? -- Jihad and just war: ethical perspectives on the new face of conflict -- Disciplining just war thinking: uses and misuses of the just war idea in recent American debate -- The war to oust Saddam Hussein: before -- The debate over using force against the Saddam Hussein regime: was the use of force justified? -- The war to oust Saddam Hussein: during -- Operation Iraqi Freedom: a moralist's notebook -- The war to oust Saddam Hussein: after -- Looking back as a way of looking ahead.