The ultimate "just war"
SIRS Decades
Today, when world leaders attempt to persuade their people
to support military action, they invariably liken the war they propose to a past war that, over time, has come to epitomize "just war." If they're successful making this connection, then
the new war is as good as sold. Which war is widely considered
the ultimate "just war"? And was it viewed that way then?

Learning today from yesterday's mistakes
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Sometimes the value of a news article is that it provides false information. And sometimes the most interesting elements of an editorial are baseless prejudice, faulty logic, and inaccurate predictions. What can reporting that hasn't stood the test of time teach us about the historical contexts in which wars have occurred?
Some of the journalists who wrote about the rise of Adolph Hitler in the 1930s probably ended up wishing they'd kept quiet. A series of editorials in the Christian Science Monitor consistently warned against taking the Nazis too seriously.

One from 1930 ridiculed the notion that Hitler posed a threat to and suggested there was a "comic side" to the dictator's "frenetic fantasies."

Another, written a year later, argued that it was “clearly misleading to view the growing electoral power of Herr Hitler as an impending catastrophe in international affairs.”

By reading these and other editorials that now seem hopelessly naive or just plain wrong, users of ProQuest Historical Newspapers can gain a richer understanding of the historical context in which Hitler came to power and ultimately provoked a second world war.

In addition, do a search for the phrase "just war" and limit your search to general and editorial articles written between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2001. Read through the four results.

Using ideas triggered by these articles and the piece by Richard Perle, write a 500-word essay explaining your views on the relevance and usefulness of "just war" theory in a post-9/11 world.