Jean Bethke Elshtain advocates just war in times of crisis and mounts a reasoned attack against the anti-war contingent in American intellectual life.
Advocating an ethic of responsibility, Elshtain forces us to ask tough questions not only about the nature of terrorism, but about ourselves.
This paperback edition features a new introduction by the author, addressing the Iraq war and other events in the Middle East.
About the Author Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago.
She is the author of Just War Against Terror and Democracy on Trial, among other books.
She lives in Nashville, Tennessee and Chicago, Illinois.
Basic Books Just war against terror: the burden of american power in a violent world, paperback/jean elshtain
