A Persistent Fire

A Persistent Fire: The Strategic Ethical Impact of World War I on the Global Profession of Arms

Edited by Timothy S. Mallard and Nathan H. White

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CONTENTS

Foreword

By William M. Matz

Preface

By James C. McConville

Acknowledgments

Introduction

By Timothy S. Mallard

PART I: Strategic Considerations for Military Ethics: World War I to Today

1. What Should Military Ethics Learn from World War I? A Christian Assessment

By Nigel Biggar

2. Grim Virtue: Decisiveness as an Implication of the Just War Tradition

By Marc LiVecche

3. The Ethics of Nationalism

By Paul Coyer

4. Incompetence, Technology, and Justice: Today’s Lessons from World War I

By Eric D. Patterson

5. The Law of the Great War as an Ethical Paradigm, 1918–2038

By Michael H. Hoffman

PART II: Ethical Praxis in Diverse Settings

6. Society and Intensive Conflict

By David Richardson

7. A Profession of Arms? Conflicting Views and the Lack of Virtue Ethics in Professional Military Education

By Thomas J. Statler

8. The Ethics of Care for Civilians, Internally Displaced Persons, and Enemy Prisoners of War

By Victoria J. Barnett

9. The Ethical Challenge of Information Warfare: Nothing New

By Graham Fairclough

10. The Moral Status of Chemical Weapons: Arguments from World War I

By John Mark Mattox

PART III: Ethical Implications for Holistic Servicemember Care

11. Anglo-American Army Chaplaincy in World War I: A Centenary Perspective

By Michael Snape

12. “Renew a Right Spirit Within Me”: Chaplains and Military Morale on the Frontline and Online

By Andrew Totten

13. Growth After Trauma: Moral Injury, PTSD, and PTG

By Mark C. Lee

14. Twin Children of the Great War: Assessing the Effects of Moral and Spiritual Injury Today

By Timothy S. Mallard

15. Soldier Enhancement Ethics and the Lessons of World War I

By C. Anthony Pfaff

16. The Proper Marking of Medical Personnel and Equipment: Lessons from the Great War

By Patrick Naughton

17. Toward a Resilient Military Ethic

By Nathan H. White

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