War - Opposing Viewpoints

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War: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints Series, presenting selections of contrasting viewpoints on four central questions about war: what causes war; when war is justified; how war should be conducted; and, how war can be prevented? It was edited by Louise I. Gerdes.

It was published by Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills) in 2005 as a 239-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-2591-5) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-2592-3).

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Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Causes War?	1. Religious Conflicts Cause War	Daniel C. Tosteson	Reprint of "Unhealthy beliefs: Religion and the Plague of War," Dædalus, Summer 2003.
	2. Religious Conflicts Do Not Cause War	Vincent Carroll	Reprint of "It's Not About Religion," National Review, September 26, 2001.
	3. Globalization Promotes War	Steven Staples	Reprint of "The Relationship Between Globalization and Militarism," Social Justice, Vol. 27, winter 2000.
	4. Globalization Does Not Promote War	Daniel T. Griswold	Reprint of "The Best Way to Grow Future Democracies," The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 2004.
	5. Capitalism Leads to War	Green Party of Great Britain	From "War or Peace: A Stark Choice for the Direction of the Global Economy," Green Party Budget Briefing, 2004.
	6. Capitalism Does Not Lead to War	Andrew Bernstein	Reprint of "Of War and Peace: Does the Nobel Panel Understand the Cause of War?," Washington Times, October 16, 2002.
	7. Pacifism Escalates War	Alex Epstein	Reprint of a "Peacenik Warmongers," the Ayn Rand Institute, December 9, 2002.
	8. Warlike Societies Perpetuate War	Barbara Ehrenreich	Reprint of "The Roots of War," The Progressive, April 2003.
Chapter 2: When Is War Justified?	1. War Is Sometimes Justified to Maintain Peace and Promote Freedom	George Weigel	From "The Morality of War," Commentary, Vol. 116, July/August 2003.
	2. War Does Not Maintain Peace or Promote Freedom	Wendell Berry	Reprint of "The Failure of War," YES! Magazine, Winter 2001/2002.
	3. Preemptive War Is Sometimes Justified	Michael J. Glennon	Reprint of "Preempting Terrorism: The Case for Anticipatory Self-defense," Weekly Standard, Volume 7, Issue 19, January 28, 2002.
	4. Preemptive War Cannot Be Justified	Charles W. Kegley Jr. and Gregory A. Raymond	Reprint of "Preemptive War: A Prelude to Global Peril?," USA Today Magazine, May, 2003.
	5. The War on Terror Is Justified	Institute for American Values	Excerpt from "What Were Fighting For: A Letter From America," February 2002.
	6. The War on Terror is Not Justified	Tim Wise	Reprint of "Who's Being Naïve? War-Time Realism Through the Looking Glass" in Z Magazine, October 28, 2001.
Chapter 3: How Should War Be Conducted?	1. Detainees in the War on Terror Should Be Treated as Prisoners of War	Bruce Shapiro	Reprint of "POWs in Legal Limbo", The Nation, February 25, 2002.
	2. Detainees in the War on Terror Should Not Be Treated as Prisoners of War	Ronald D. Rotunda	Reprint of "No POWs," National Review, January 29, 2002.
	3. Civilians Should Not Be Targeted to Spare Combatants	Brain Carnell	Reprint of "Is It Okay to Intentionally Kill Civilians?," April 29, 2002.
	4. Civilians Should Sometimes Be Targeted to Spare Combatants	Onkar Ghate	Reprint of "Innocents in War?," Ayn Rand Institute, January 9, 2002.
	5. The United States Should Uphold Strict International Laws of War	Michael Byers	Reprint of "The Laws of War, US-Style," London Review of Books, Vol. 25, 20 February 2003.
	6. The United States Should Reject Strict International Laws of War	David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey	Reprint of "Leashing the Dogs of War," The National Interest, Fall 2003.
	7. The United States Should Join the International Criminal Court to Pursue War Crimes	Jonathan F. Fanton	Reprint of "U.S. the Loser by Opposing World Court," Chicago Tribune, April 12, 2002.
	8. The United States Should Not Join the International Criminal Court to Pursue War Crimes	Ruth Wedgwood	From "The International Criminal Court: Reviewing the Case—Ruth Wedgwood Defends U.S. Skepticism," Berlin Journal, Fall 2002.
Chapter 4: How Can War Be Prevented?	1. War Can Be Prevented	Dane Spencer	Reprint of "The Myth of Peace," Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 6 May 2002.
	2. War Cannot Be Prevented	Victor David Hanson	Reprint of "War Will Be War; No Matter the Era, No Matter the Weapons, the Same Old Hell," National Review, vol. 54, May 6, 2002.
	3. Fostering Democracy Worldwide Will Prevent War	R.J. Rummel	Excerpt from Saving Lives, Enriching Life: Freedom as a Right And a Moral Good [1], January 17, 2001.
	4. Peaceful Intervention Can Prevent War	Friends Committee on National Legislation	Excerpt from "Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict."
	5. Promoting Individual Liberty and Free Trade Will Avoid War	Richard M. Ebeling	Reprint of "Can Free Trade Really Prevent War?," delivered as part of a panel devoted to "The Warfare State," during the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Austrian Scholars Conference 8, March 15-16, 2002 in Auburn, Alabama.
	6. Letting Wars Run Their Course Leads to Lasting Peace	Edward N. Luttwak	From "Give War a Chance," Foreign Affairs, vol. 78, July/August 1999.
For Further Discussion
Organizations to Contact
Bibliography of Books
Index