"The Ethics of War and Peace" is one of the first books by a moral philosopher to discuss the rights and wrongs of specific military incidents from 1914 to the present. The book provides detailed discussions of the war in Vietnam, the Six Day War, the British bombing campaign against Germany, the American bombing campaigns against Japan, the Korean War, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the 1976 raid on Entebbe, the 1986 attack against Libya, and many other military incidents. In addition, a wealth of examples illustrates the various moral theories needed to assess different types of wars.

Introduction: international ethics and the challenge of realism -- Pacifism -- Just war theory I: when to fight -- Just war theory II: how to fight -- Nuclear war and nuclear deterrence.