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Yves R.; Edited By Anthony O. Simon; Translated By Robert Royal Simon - The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought - 9780268041304 - KSG0031638
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The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought

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Description for The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought paperback. The relatively obscure events leading up to the Italian invasion had larger implications for Europe and the world, perhaps even paving the way for Vichy France's collaboration with Hitler's German New Order. This book offers a case study of such ethical concerns as just war theory and preemptive war. Editor(s): Simon, Anthony O. Translator(s): Royal, Robert. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HFGA; 3JJ; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy

Yves Simon was one of the preeminent Thomistic philosophers and political theorists of the twentieth century. He saw it as a moral duty to understand human reality and to use philosophical analysis to examine contemporary politics when they embodied philosophical errors or vicious ideologies. In The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought, Simon extracts principles from the 1894 Dreyfus Affair in France and applies them to Italy's 1935 invasion of Ethopia. As Simon's analysis shows, the relatively obscure events leading up to the Italian invasion had larger implications for Europe and the world, perhaps even paving the way for Vichy ... Read more

This book, available for the first time in English, offers an interesting case study of such ethical concerns as just war theory and pre-emptive war, and is of particular relevance in our modern political climate.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268041304
SKU
KSG0031638
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Yves R.; Edited By Anthony O. Simon; Translated By Robert Royal Simon
Anthony O. Simon, director of the Yves. R. Simon Institute, is the author and editor of a number of books, including Acquaintance with the Absolute: The Philosophy of Yves R. Simon.

Reviews for The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought
"While it is true that Yves R. Simon did not intend this to be a history book, The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought is an important historical work well deserving of a close reading by students of 20th century European history and international relations. This book, which finds a worthy English translation after too many years, was Simon's first ... Read more

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