War Is Hell: Studies in the Right of Legitimate Violence

by C. Douglas Lummis

War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic method, focused on political philosophy rather than on cultural or psychological aspects of war and peace making. The book is not a treatise on ethics, but rather an analysis of some aspects of the nature of war and peace. This book is a study of war – and by extension, peace – from the standpoint of political theory. For all those who think there is too much war, and to deal with that we need to search for new ways of thinking.

252 pages, Paperback

Published March 15, 2023

About the author

Charles Douglas Lummis (b.1936) is a writer, former professor at Tsuda College in Tokyo and former U.S. Marine.