September 1, 2006

'Just War' Reconsidered

Almost 20 years ago, the political philosopher Michael Walzer published what has become the seminal modern text on when nations can justly wage war — and how. Recent events in Iraq, Lebanon, and Darfur have given new urgency to Walzer's discussion of the moral justification for opposing aggression and stopping genocide and to his analysis of the care that must be taken to avoid harm to noncombatants. This week Basic Books brought out a fourth edition of his Just and Unjust Wars: A

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