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02307atm a2200325 i 4500 001 D2ED5DE2C19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 231121t20232023oru b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1666753955 020 $a 9781666753950 020 $a 1666753947 020 $a 9781666753943 035 $a (OCoLC)1410120828 040 $a PTS $b eng $e rda $c PTS $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a JZ6392 M57 2023 100 1 $a Misenheimer, Alan Greeley, $e author. 245 14 $a The ends of justice : $b seeking perpetual peace in a time of endless war / $c Alan Greeley Misenheimer. 264 1 $a Eugene, Oregon : $b Cascade Books, $c [2023] 300 $a xxi, 290 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index. 520 $a "US forces have been engaged around the globe since World War II, and "endless" war has become the backdrop of American life. This militarized status quo is rife with contradiction. The Constitution requires a congressional declaration of war, yet the executive branch routinely acts alone to dispatch forces and launch attacks. The norms of republican self-governance stipulate alignment between popular will and public policy, yet our post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere have proceeded without public support and often despite public opposition. These wars became endless precisely because they lacked declared ends. Like the mythical Cyclops, the United States has embraced perpetual conflict as an end in itself. This is unacceptable, and un-American. Our history and our values demand a national security policy that recognizes the hard-wired human longing for justice as the key to decisions of peace and war. As citizens of a self-governing republic, we must ensure that US wars are fought with discrimination and proportionality, undertaken for legitimate, significant, transparent, and achievable goals, and entered as a last resort in the pursuit of justice." -- $c Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a War $x Moral and ethical aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Peace. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012658.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D2ED5DE2C19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search