Surveying the period from the rise of Islam in the early seventh century to the present day; Just Wars; Holy Wars; and Jihads is the first book to investigate in depth the historical interaction among Jewish; Christian; and Muslim ideas about when the use of force is justified. Grouped under the three labels of just war; holy war; and jihad; these ideas are explored throughout twenty chapters that cover wide-ranging topics from the impact of the early Islamic conquests upon Byzantine; Syriac; and Muslim thinking on justified war to analyzing the impact of international law and terrorism on conceptions of just war and jihad in the modern day. This study serves as a major contribution to the comparative study of the ethics of war and peace.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerIt was great.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. World War II "Total War" AnnihilationBy William Garrison Jr."Annihilation: A Global Military History of World War II" by Thomas Zeiler; Oxford Univ. Press (2011). A really awesome 486-page book regarding World War II from Japan's invasion of China; Italy's capture of colonies; Hitler's rise and warfare goals; through Japan's December 1941 conquest of the Far East to its surrender; and the Allied military response. Not too many photographs; but a fair number of maps regarding various military campaigns -- not really detailed showing some Division-X alongside Division-Y; but just enough to depict the battle area.This book is more than a typical rehashing of the Axis Powers' (Germany-Italy-Japan) military invasion of some country and a recap of the various major battles. The author does a nice job in analyzing why some country's leader or military chief explained why he was taking some course-of-action in developing some major battle. (No need to review here any of the major battles -- they are all discussed here.)This book is very good in explaining to any reader (above junior-high-school level) the political; economic and military aspects of WWII.What is unusual about this book is that the author explains many relevant details as to the economic prowess of some country being able to engage in the war: Japan's economy was already at full-capacity production in 1941; while the U.S. had many unemployed who could be hired into expanding its production of weaponry. The author details the production levels of tanks; airplanes; ships; etc. of the various countries -- and by year explains the impact of limited production.Regarding the various battles; the author looks more at the division-level aspects of the battles; not about the small-level tactics of Company-A outmaneuvering Company-B. The author isn't shy in labeling some failing military commander as being "incompetent" in his handling of some battle.Regarding the title of this book: "Annihilation" the author tries to find some new way of heralding his book. Briefly; while previous wars were about some army defeating another army; with perhaps little impact upon civilians; the author was to highlight that WWII was the first war whereby (Axis) political leaders weren't bashful in annihilating foreign civilians (Jews; Chinese; Ethiopians; etc.). In trying to support his "annihilation" theme; the author also views the Allied military tactics as being "annihilation" also: the bombing of Dresden and the atomic bombings against Japan -- although the author notes that the Allies weren't really trying to "annihilate" the Axis peoples. Okay; the author drags out this analogy a little too far; but; its something different from the usual "Total War" labeling.At the time of this review; there is no "Look Inside" feature. But no need to really provide a "Table of Contents" here; all of WWII is covered.Unless you have already read other rare books discussing supply operations of WWII; I think even the typical "armchair" general of WWII (or even a graduate of the U.S. Command and General Staff College) will find this book very informative. I highly recommend it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I recommend itBy darkfaireIt's really good.
