Just War Theory and Likelihood of Success: Prudential Judgement, Geopolitics and Just Statecraft

This book analyses the concept of likelihood of success in just war thinking and argues that if the concept is to be retained, it must be reconsidered within the overall whole of the tradition of just war.

Eric Patterson (PhD, University of California, Santa-Barbara) is President & CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Scholar-at-Large and the former dean of the School of Government at Regent University, USA, and a research fellow and former faculty member at Georgetown University’ Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. He is the author or editor of twenty-two books, including Just American Wars: Ethical Dilemmas in U.S. Military History (2019).

Robert J. Joustra (PhD, University of Bath) is professor of politics & international studies at Redeemer University, Canada. He is a Senior Editor at The Review of Faith & International Affairs, and author of many books on religion and politics, including most recently Power Politics & Moral Order - Three Generations of Christian Realism (2022).