_THE ETHICS OF WAR_ IS AN INDISPENSABLE COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ADDRESSING ISSUES BOTH TIMELY AND AGE-OLD ABOUT THE NATURE AND ETHICS OF WAR. * Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer * Examines timely questions such as: When is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? How can a lasting peace be achieved? * Will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time * Includes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors