The Just War Doctrine (JWD)

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This paper describes the 1999 situation in which NATO and its allies bombed the Yugoslav republic of Serbia in response to the genocide sponsored by the Serbian government, which had been occurring in the Kosovo province. The paper relates the history and conditions of the just war doctrine (JWD) and describes the three parts to the just war doctrine as we know it: motive, means and consequences. The paper concludes that the bombing was justified.

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"Petrov also tells us that the US believed that the government of Milosevic would fold and that his people would rise against him. She believes that the people blamed NATO and saw themselves as victims. Now, when she wrote that she had grounds to stand by. I think that given the current situation with Milosevic in jail, we did prove that reasoning was valid. As with all things, certain effects take time to produce. While it would've been ideal to have the people rise up immediately, they did do so on their own in a year's time-span."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Columbus, Frank. "Theories Behind America's Bombing of Yugoslavia"Kosovo-Serbia: A Just War?. Ed. Frank Columbus Commack,New York: Nova Science Publishers 1999.
• "Nye, Joseph. Understanding International Conflicts. Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley 2000.
• Vidakovic-Petrov, Krinka. "Breaking the Balkans:Yugoslavia 99" Kosovo-Serbia: A Just War?. Ed. Frank Columbus. Commack,New York: Nova Science Publishers 1999.

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