Just War and International Order

Nicholas Rengger is Professor of Political Theory and International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His scholarly interests range across political theory and international relations and include philosophy, intellectual history and contemporary philosophical and political theology. He has published in all of these areas and his recent publications include Critical International Relations Theory after 25 Years (edited with Tristram Benedict Thirkell-White, Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Evaluating Global Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

• Introduction; 1. Disordered world; 2. War music: social imaginaries of war in the modern age; 3. Just war: ambiguous tradition; 4. Force for good?; 5. Supreme emergency; Epilogue: a choice not a destiny.

'A literate and persuasive account in the context of just war and intervention of how reason coupled with good intentions can unwittingly help expand state authority and the use of force at home and abroad. Rengger's arguments also show how historically informed reason coupled with a deeper understanding of community can provide compelling arguments for restraint.' Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London