The Philosophy of Force in Foreign Policy: A Theory of the Just War.

Abstract

The historical background of United States foreign policy highlights its erosion from a confident proponent of the American national interest to one of uncertainty and indecision. This has paralleled a similar decay in other public institutions, including the educational, the military, the economic the ecclesiastical and the political. The fundamental cause of these tragic symptoms has two facets; the rejection of a Biblical-theological foundation for the public philosophy, and its replacement with secular humanism. Our growing difficulties with strategic nuclear deterrence and an increasingly aggressive Russian adventurism, and the loss of our leadership momentum in the international system will not be solved by new technology, weapons or new sociological methodologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA072196

Entities

People

  • Robert Bennett Needham

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Religion
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • United States

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies