THE LONG SHADOW: WORLD WAR II’S MORAL LEGACY (these are rough drafts of the chapters of a forthcoming book)
2. Jus Ad Bellum: The Reasons for War
3. Jus In Bello: The Conduct of the War
10. Servanthood
11. The Moral Legacy of World War II—And What We Might Do With It
Lecture:
“The Military Industrial Complex and the Moral Legacy of World War II”—Paper presented at the Military Industrial Complex at Fifty Conference at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, January 14, 2011. [This is a slightly updated version of the 9/29/10 and 10/5/1o lectures taking into account the legacy of President Eisenhower's "farewell address" in 1961.]
“The Moral Legacy of World War II”—Lecture given at Eastern Mennonite University, September 29, 2010, and at Goshen College, October 5, 2010. Here is a link to a podcast of the EMU lecture.
Blog entries:
“Our Fathers’ War” (December 26, 2010)
“How Should a Pacifist View World War II?” (January 21, 2011)
“World War II and America’s Soul: Christian Reflections” (February 20, 2011)
Book Reviews:
Baker, Nicholson. Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization
Bess, Michael. Choices Under Fire: Moral Dimensions of World War II
Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Buchanan, Patrick J. Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War
Herman, Arthur. Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Hitchcock, William I. The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe
Kovac, Jeffrey. Refusing War, Affirming Peace
Loconte, Joseph, ed. The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler’s Gathering Storm
Miller, Lawrence McK. Witness to Humanity: A Biography of Clarence E. Pickett
Schlabach, Theron F. War, Peace, and Social Conscience: Guy F. Hershberger and Mennonite Ethics
Sheehan, James J. Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe
[...] just mention one reason why I would even raise the specter of totalitarianism at all. I am writing a book on the moral legacy of World War II. I have been deeply impressed (and depressed!) as I have learned more about this legacy—in a [...]