Military Necessity and Just War Statecraft: The Principle of National Security Stewardship

This book analyzes the concept of military necessity and just war thinking and argues that it should be seen as a vital moral principle for leaders.

The principle of military necessity is well understood in the manuals of modern militaries and is recognized in the war convention. It is the idea that battlefield commanders should make every effort to win on a local battlefield, within legal means, and using proportionate and discriminating weapons and tactics. Every legal textbook on war incl...