Controlling the weapons of war : politics, persuasion and the prohibition of inhumanity / Brian Rappert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rappert, Brian.

Series:

Contemporary security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control.

Military weapons.

Physical Description:

xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Contents:

Part I This happening world 1

1 The chains that bind? 3

2 Striving for order 14

3 Forceful arguments 27

Part II Weaponry 41

4 The technologies of conflict and the conflicts about technology 43

5 Weapons: what are they? 54

6 Weapons: what are they for? 82

7 Weapons: what do they do? 103

Part III Prohibiting weapons 121

8 Predicaments with prohibitions 123

9 Fractured worlds: the case of cluster munitions 137

10 Dealing with unfinished business 161

Part IV Future agendas 173

11 Troubles with humanitarian prohibitions 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0415386675

OCLC:

61151426

Publisher Number:

9780415386678 (hardback)