Politics and the General in Supreme Command: Law Reform and Averting Unjust War
Author:   Richard Adams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032865232


Pages:   164
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Politics and the General in Supreme Command: Law Reform and Averting Unjust War


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Author:   Richard Adams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032865232


ISBN 10:   1032865237
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 What’s Been Said – Scholarship has Paid Insufficient Attention to the General 3 Law and War – Law Cannot Capture War’s Moral Complexity 4 Liberalism and Law – The Risk in Law’s Overstatement 5 Conscience – Some Things will be Morally Impossible 6 For All of Us, As One of Us – The General is Equal as a Citizen 7 More Than a Postman – The General’s Singular Burden 8 Let the General Say No – Moral Space in the Shadow of Law 9 Conclusion

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'Sometimes problems are disagreeable, and it is impossible to do as one would wish. But law should offer an opportunity to decide, to act responsibly with the best intention. Speaking of the supreme command, Adams makes this case clearly.' Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, Royal Australian Navy (ret’d) Chief of Navy 2014–2018


Author Information

Richard Adams is a commander in the Royal Australian Navy. He has doctorates from the University of Western Australia and the University of New South Wales. He was an Australian Fulbright scholar to Yale University and a visiting research fellow to the Changing Character of War programme at the University of Oxford.

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