Proportionality: Lessons from the Somme

In “just war” thinking, proportionality is a criterion both of going to war and of fighting in it. This article uses the Battle of the Somme—a byword for immorally profligate warfare—to consider how proportionality should be understood. Its reaches six conclusions: first, a very large number of casu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biggar, N
Format: Journal article
Published: Penn State University Press 2018