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The laws of war : constraints on warfare in the Western world / edited by Michael Howard, George J. Andreopoulos, and Mark R. Shulman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, �1994.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 303 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585343365
  • 9780585343365
  • 9780300174885
  • 0300174888
  • 0300058993
  • 9780300058994
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Laws of war.DDC classification:
  • 341.6 20
LOC classification:
  • JX4521 .H77 1994eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Howard, Michael / Andreopoulos, George J. / Shulman, Mark R. -- 1. Constraints on Warfare / Howard, Michael -- 2. Classical Greek Times / Ober, Josiah -- 3. The Age of Chivalry / Stacey, Robert C. -- 4. Early Modern Europe / Parker, Geoffrey -- 5. Colonial America / Selesky, Harold E. -- 6. The Age of Napoleon / Rothenberg, Gunther -- 7. Maritime Conflict / Hattendorf, John B. -- 8. Land Warfare: From Hague to Nuremberg / Roberts, Adam -- 9. Air Power / Biddle, Tami Davis -- 10. Nuclear War Planning / Rosenberg, David Alan -- 11. The Age of National Liberation Movements / Andreopoulos, George J. -- 12. The Laws of War: Some Concluding Reflections / Kennedy, Paul / Andreopoulos, George J. -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Suggested Readings -- Index
Summary: This book explores not only the formal constraints on the conduct of war throughout Western history but also the unwritten conventions about what is permissible in the course of military operations. Ranging from classical antiquity to the present, eminent historians discuss the legal and cultural regulation of violence in such areas as belligerent rights, the treatment of prisoners and civilians, the observing of truces and immunities, the use of particular weapons, siege warfare, codes of honor, and war crimes.The book begins with a general overview of the subject by Michael Howard. The contributors then discuss the formal and informal constraints on conducting war as they existed in classical antiquity, the age of chivalry, early modern Europe, colonial America, and the age of Napoleon. They also examine how these constraints have been applied to wars at sea, on land, and in the air, planning for nuclear war, and national liberation struggles, in which one of the participants is not an organized state. The book concludes with reflections by Paul Kennedy and George Andreopoulos on the main challenges facing the quest for humanitarian norms in warfare in the future.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index.

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Howard, Michael / Andreopoulos, George J. / Shulman, Mark R. -- 1. Constraints on Warfare / Howard, Michael -- 2. Classical Greek Times / Ober, Josiah -- 3. The Age of Chivalry / Stacey, Robert C. -- 4. Early Modern Europe / Parker, Geoffrey -- 5. Colonial America / Selesky, Harold E. -- 6. The Age of Napoleon / Rothenberg, Gunther -- 7. Maritime Conflict / Hattendorf, John B. -- 8. Land Warfare: From Hague to Nuremberg / Roberts, Adam -- 9. Air Power / Biddle, Tami Davis -- 10. Nuclear War Planning / Rosenberg, David Alan -- 11. The Age of National Liberation Movements / Andreopoulos, George J. -- 12. The Laws of War: Some Concluding Reflections / Kennedy, Paul / Andreopoulos, George J. -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Suggested Readings -- Index

This book explores not only the formal constraints on the conduct of war throughout Western history but also the unwritten conventions about what is permissible in the course of military operations. Ranging from classical antiquity to the present, eminent historians discuss the legal and cultural regulation of violence in such areas as belligerent rights, the treatment of prisoners and civilians, the observing of truces and immunities, the use of particular weapons, siege warfare, codes of honor, and war crimes.The book begins with a general overview of the subject by Michael Howard. The contributors then discuss the formal and informal constraints on conducting war as they existed in classical antiquity, the age of chivalry, early modern Europe, colonial America, and the age of Napoleon. They also examine how these constraints have been applied to wars at sea, on land, and in the air, planning for nuclear war, and national liberation struggles, in which one of the participants is not an organized state. The book concludes with reflections by Paul Kennedy and George Andreopoulos on the main challenges facing the quest for humanitarian norms in warfare in the future.

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