Justifying revolution : law, virtue, and violence in the American War of Independence / edited by Glenn A. Moots and Phillip Hamilton.
2018
KF4545.R5 J87 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Justifying revolution : law, virtue, and violence in the American War of Independence / edited by Glenn A. Moots and Phillip Hamilton.
Imprint
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
Description
viii, 327 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Political violence in North America ; v. 1.
Formatted Contents Note
Just war theory in the image of Emer de Vattel / Andreas Harald Aure
Just revolution: Protestant precedents for resistance and rebellion / Glenn A. Moots and Valerie Ona Morkevičius
Emer de Vattel's Law of nations in America's independence / Theodore Christov
Justifying fratricidal war: the American Revolution as a case study / Jack P. Greene
"Where the power of law ceases, there war begins": the British army's implementation of martial law in Boston, 1768-1776 / John D. Roche
"A contest of virtue with vice": Henry Knox's just and honorable war for independence / Phillip Hamilton
Liberty or death!: jus in bello and existential warfare in the American revolution / Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin
"Disreputable among civilized nations": destroying homes during the Revolutionary War / Benjamin L. Carp
"To annoy rebels, or other enemies in arms against us": the limits of legitimate violence against civilians during the American revolution / William P. Tatum III
"Elated with victory and reeking with revenge": the Yorktown prisoners and the laws of war in revolutionary America / T. Cole Jones
"The cause of God, of human nature and posterity": John Jay and justice in the American revolution / Jonathan Den Hartog
An end to empire?: British strategy in the American revolution and in making peace with the United States / William Anthony Hay
Neutrality, race, and wars of extermination: native Americans in the aftermath of the American revolution / Daniel R. Brunstetter.
Just revolution: Protestant precedents for resistance and rebellion / Glenn A. Moots and Valerie Ona Morkevičius
Emer de Vattel's Law of nations in America's independence / Theodore Christov
Justifying fratricidal war: the American Revolution as a case study / Jack P. Greene
"Where the power of law ceases, there war begins": the British army's implementation of martial law in Boston, 1768-1776 / John D. Roche
"A contest of virtue with vice": Henry Knox's just and honorable war for independence / Phillip Hamilton
Liberty or death!: jus in bello and existential warfare in the American revolution / Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin
"Disreputable among civilized nations": destroying homes during the Revolutionary War / Benjamin L. Carp
"To annoy rebels, or other enemies in arms against us": the limits of legitimate violence against civilians during the American revolution / William P. Tatum III
"Elated with victory and reeking with revenge": the Yorktown prisoners and the laws of war in revolutionary America / T. Cole Jones
"The cause of God, of human nature and posterity": John Jay and justice in the American revolution / Jonathan Den Hartog
An end to empire?: British strategy in the American revolution and in making peace with the United States / William Anthony Hay
Neutrality, race, and wars of extermination: native Americans in the aftermath of the American revolution / Daniel R. Brunstetter.
Summary
"The American imagination still exalts the "Founding Fathers" as the prime movers of the Revolution, and the War of Independence has become the stuff of legend. But America is not simply the invention of great men or the outcome of an inevitable political or social movement. The nation was the product of a hard, bloody, and destructive war. Justifying Revolution explores how the American Revolution's opposing sides wrestled with thorny moral and legal questions. How could revolutionaries justify provoking a civil war, how should their opponents subdue the uprising, and how did military commanders restrain the ensuing violence? Drawing from a variety of disciplines and specialties, the authors assembled here examine the Revolutionary War in terms of just war theory: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum--right or justice in going to, conducting, and concluding war. The chapters situate the Revolution in the context of early modern international relations, moral philosophy, military ethics, jurisprudence, and theology. The authors invite readers to reconsider the war with an eye to the justice and legality of entering armed conflict; the choices made by officers and soldiers in combat; and attempts to arrive at defensible terms of peace. Together, the contributions form the first sustained exploration of Americans' and Britons' use of just war theory as they battled over American independence. Justifying Revolution raises important questions about the political, legal, military, religious, philosophical, and diplomatic ramifications of eighteenth-century warfare--questions essential for understanding America's origins.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KF4545.R5 J87 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780806160139 hardcover
0806160136 hardcover
0806160136 hardcover
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