Introduction / Richard Sorabji and David Rodin
pt. I: Traditions. Just war from ancient origins to the conquistadors debate and its modern relevance / Richard Sorabji
The just war of eastern Christians and the holy war of the Crusaders / Angeliki Laiou
Conceptions of justice in war : from Grotius to modern times / Karma Nabulsi
Arguments concerning resistance in contemporary Islam / John Kelsay
War and reason in Maimonides and Averroes / Noah Feldman
The ethics of war : Judaism / Norman Solomon
Just war in the Mahābhārata / Nick Allen
pt. II: Contemporary problems
The ethics of asymmetric war / David Rodin
Preventive war and the killing of the innocent / Jeff McMahan
War, humanitarian intervention, and human rights / Richard Norman
Culture, the enemy, and the moral restraint of war / Anthony Coates
Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89 / Richard Harries
Britain's wars since 1945 / Michael Quinlan.