Marsilius of Padua, the Defender of Peace

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Columbia University Press, 2001 - 466 Seiten

Few 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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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
Bibliography 19502000
455
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