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THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES EU-US RELATIONS DURING THE LATE 1990S. IT ASSESSES THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE EU, AND INVESTIGATES THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS FEEDS INTO THE ABILITY TO MAKE AND SUSTAIN STRATEGIC BARGAINS AT THE TRANSATLANTIC LEVEL. IN SO DOING, IT EVALUATES THE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FUTURE COURSE OF EU-US CO-OPERATION, CONCLUDING THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE COEXISTANCE OF COMPETING POLICY-MAKING MODES IN THE UNION AS WELL AS THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE WORLD POLITICAL ECONOMY.

THE CAUSE OF THE ENDURANCE, CONTINUING RELEVANCE, AND ARGUMENTS OF MICHAEL WALZER'S "JUST AND UNJUST WARS" IS EXPLORED. THE IDEAS OF CASUISTRY AS "THEORY," REALISM, MORAL JUDGMENT AND HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING, THE PARADOX OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE, AND INTERVENTION ARE EACH EXAMINED IN RELATION TO THE BOOK. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE BOOK HAS HELPED PEOPLE TO "SCAN THE HEAVENS, EVEN AS THEY CONTEMPLATE THE HELLISH AND ALL-TOO-HUMAN ACTIVITY OF WAR."