Books -- The Violence of Peace

Excellent discussion of jus ad bellum and jus in bellum.

In describing intervention to stop genocide, Stephen L. Carter states that "the assumption, still, is that even if ground troops prove necessary, it is somebody else's job to provide them."  Somebody other than the United States, or even the West.  "Which leads us to the problem: There isn't anybody else."

He finishes with a poignant: "Seriously."

Powerful.