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1. The Catholic Debate Over Nuclear Weapons -- 2. Pacifism And Just War -- Pacifism And The Gospel -- War In The Old Testament -- The Early Christians And The Question Of Military Service -- The Christian And The State -- Christian Faith And Pagan Wisdom -- Limited And Just War In Graeco-roman Antiquity -- Ambrose, Augustine And The Just War Doctrine -- Development Of The Doctrine In The Middle Ages -- Discrimination And Proportionality -- The Just War Doctrine From The Medieval To The Modern Period -- 3. Deterrence Of War In The Nuclear Age -- The Debate On Nuclear Weapons At Vatican Ii -- The Concept Of Deterrence -- Deterrence And Arms Control -- 4. Changing Bishops In A Changing American Catholic Church -- The Catholic Church In America -- The Americanist Heresy -- American Catholics And War -- The Vietnam War And Selective Conscientious Objection -- John Courtney Murray On Selective Conscientious Objection -- Changes In The Church Since Vietnam And Vatican Ii -- Political And Liberation Theology -- 5. The Pastoral Letter And The Catholic Doctrinal Tradition -- Moral Authority And Technical Competence -- The Rome Consultation -- The Bishops On Peace And Pacifism -- The Just War -- Nuclear Deterrence -- The Bishops As Shepherds -- 6. Morality And Strategy In The Pastoral Letter: Implications For Deterrence -- Nonviolent Resistance -- Deterrence: From Counterpopulation To Counterforce -- Arms Control: Weapons Modernization Or Nuclear Halt -- Limited Nuclear War And No First Use -- The Economics Of Nuclear And Conventional Deterrence -- American Bishops, European Bishops -- The Bishop's Pastoral Letter In Perspective. James E. Dougherty. Published In Association With The Institute For Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [239]-245.