Just war from ancient origins to the conquistadors debate and its modern relevance -- The just war of Eastern Christians and the holy war of the crusaders -- Conceptions of justice in war: From grotius to modern times -- Arguments concerning resistance in contemporary Islam -- War and reason in maimonides and averroes -- The ethics of war: Judaism -- Just war in the Mahabharata -- The ethics of asymmetric war -- Preventive war and the killing of the innocent -- War, humanitarian intervention and human rights -- Culture, the enemy and the moral restraint of war -- Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89 -- Britain's wars since 1945

1. War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
2. Just war doctrine -- Cross-cultural studies