Catholic Case Against War

<p><strong><em>The Catholic Case against War</em> demonstrates how the Catholic mantra Never again war! reflects a set of powerfully realistic teachings on war and peace.</strong></p><p>Over the last five decades the Catholic Church has emerged as a powerful critic of war and as an advocate for its alternatives. At the same time researchers of armed conflict have produced a considerable body of scholarship on war and its prevention. <em>The Catholic Case against War</em> compares these seemingly disparate lines of thought and finds a remarkable harmony between the two.</p><p>Drawing on years of Vatican documents and papal statements political scientist David Carroll Cochran clearly presents the key elements of the Church's case against war. Far from a naïve optimistic call for peace these teachings are consistent with the empirical research on the realities of contemporary warfare. The result is a look not only at the explicit moral case against war developed by the Vatican but also at its remarkable realism and relevance to world conflict today.</p>