Marsilius of Padua, the Defender of PeaceFew aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles. |
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Contents
Preface | xvii |
Reason Power and the Peoples Will | xxx |
Religion and Politics | xlvi |
Language and Translation | lxvi |
List of Frequent References and Abbreviations хсііі | xciii |
On the First Questions in This Book and the Distinction | 8 |
On the Differentiation of the Parts of the State and the Necessity | 15 |
On the Final Cause of a Certain Part of the State the Priesthood | 21 |
On Some Signs Testimonies and Examples from Both | 181 |
On the Differentiation of the Meanings of Certain Terms | 187 |
On the Status of Supreme Poverty Which Is Usually Called | 196 |
On Some Objections to the Conclusions of the Preceding | 215 |
On the Differentiation of the Priestly Office According to | 233 |
On the Equality of the Apostles in Each Office or Dignity | 241 |
On the Authority to Appoint the Bishops and Other Ministers | 254 |
On the Origin and First Status of the Christian Church | 267 |
On the Genera of Polities or Regimes the Temperate and | 27 |
On the Distinction of the Meanings of the Term Law and | 34 |
On the Necessity for Making Laws Taken in Their Most Proper | 37 |
On the Demonstrable Efficient Cause of Human Laws and Also | 44 |
On the Qualities or Dispositions of the Perfect Ruler That | 56 |
Whether It Is More Expedient for the Polity to Appoint Each | 68 |
On the Numerial Unity of the Supreme Government of | 80 |
On the Correction of the Ruler and for What Cause How | 87 |
DISCOURSE | 98 |
Which Compose the Questions to Be Decided | 102 |
On the Canonic Statements and Other Arguments Which Seem | 108 |
On the Canonic Utterances of the Apostles and the Expositions | 127 |
On the Authority of the Priestly Keys and What Kind of Power | 140 |
Summary of the Statements Made in the Preceding Chapter | 152 |
On the Relation of Human Acts to Divine Law and to the Judge | 163 |
On the Coercive Judge of Heretics Namely to Whom It Pertains | 173 |
On Certain Preliminary Considerations Needed for | 274 |
To Whom Belongs or Has Hitherto Belonged the Coercive | 287 |
In What Sense the Roman Bishop and His Church Are | 299 |
On the Modes of Plenitude of Power and the Manner | 313 |
How in Particular the Roman Bishop Has Used His Assumed | 321 |
How in particular the Roman Bishop Has Used His Assumed | 331 |
How the Roman Bishop Has Used This Plenary Power | 344 |
On Some Objections to the Conclusions of Chapter XV | 364 |
Replies to the Foregoing Objections | 371 |
Refutation of the Objections Which Were Adduced from | 405 |
Refutation of the Rational Arguments Presented in Chapter | 415 |
Review of the Principal Aims and Conclusions of Discourses I | 425 |
On the Title of This Book | 431 |
Afterword | 443 |
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