Chinese and Western Ways of War and Their Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20138589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Anthony Pfaff (University at Albany, State University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-88 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.3130 |
| OpenAlex | W4221102168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
US officials often portray the Chinese government as having few, if any, ethical boundaries in its pursuit of power. This article argues China, like Western countries, has a rich tradition of constraining this pursuit that can impact the nation’s policies. With a focus on the relationship between ways of war and ethics of war, it relies on traditional and contemporary scholarship from both the East and the West to highlight differences in how each military views the practical and ethical aspects of war and how these views can interact. Understanding the ethical logic available to one’s adversaries will allow US leaders and planners to leverage China’s behavior and optimally shape US policies and actions
China · Environmental ethics · Government (linguistics) · Just war theory · Leverage (statistics) · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics) · Scholarship · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |