1st Edition
Ending War A Dialogue across Disciplines
Foreword
Jamie Shea
Introduction: How do wars end? A multidisciplinary enquiry
Chiara De Franco, Anders Engberg- Pedersen and Martin Mennecke
1. Nobody wins: The victory taboo in just war theory
Cian O’Driscoll
2. How do wars end? A strategic perspective
Joachim Krause
3. In pursuit of accountability during and after war
Thomas Obel Hansen
4. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the atom bomb, the American military mind and the end of the Second World War
Phillips Payson O’Brien
5. Slow failure: Understanding America’s quagmire in Afghanistan
Christopher D. Kolenda
Biography
Chiara De Franco is Associate Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focuses on conflict warning, protection of civilians, and language in international practices. She won the 2021 ISA Best Book Award with Warning about War: Conflict, Persuasion and Foreign Policy (2019).
Anders Engberg-Pedersen is Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on the relations between war, aesthetics, and the history of knowledge. He is, among other works, the author of Empire of Chance. The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things (2015).
Martin Mennecke is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on atrocity prevention, the United Nations, and transitional justice. Among his recent books is Implementing the Responsibility to Protect: A Future Agenda (2020).
