"A comprehensive and well-reasoned analysis of the Catholic Church's doctrine of the 'just war,' especially as it can be applied to the limited-war situations and policies of recent years. Korea, Vietnam and Yom Kippur are treated as case studies." Publisher's review

Includes index.

The perennial requirement of just and limited war -- PART I. JUST WAR: Jus ad bellum: permissible recourse to war -- Jus in bello: the just conduct of war -- Just war applied: the United States in World War II and Korea -- Just war applied: the United States in Vietnam -- Critical issues of just war: nuclear deterrence and war and conventional war -- Critical issues of just war: the jus ad bellum of revolutionary / counterinsurgency war -- Critical issues of just war: the jus in bello of revolutionary / counterinsurgency war -- PART II: LIMITED WAR: The meaning of limited war -- Korea: the precedential limited war -- Vietnam: limited war of trial -- The Yom Kippur War: an exemplary limited war -- PART III. IMPLEMENTATION OF JUST-WAR AND LIMITED-WAR GUIDELINES: Modes and channels for the limitation of war -- The conduct of just and limited war: state of the question