War, law and humanity : the campaign to control warfare, 1853-1914 / James Crossland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crossland, James (Historian), author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific settlement of international disputes--History--19th century.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Pacific settlement of international disputes--History--20th century.

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Peace.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 256 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

War, Law and Humanity tells the story of the transatlantic campaign to either mitigate the destructive forces of the battlefield, or prevent wars from being waged altogether, in the decades prior to the disastrous summer of 1914. Starting with the Crimean War of the 1850s, James Crossland traces this campaign to control warfare from the scandalous barracks of Scutari to the shambolic hospitals of the American Civil War, from the bloody sieges of Paris and Erzurum to the combative conference halls of Geneva and The Hague, uncovering the intertwined histories of a generation of humanitarians, surgeons, pacifists and utopians who were shocked into action by the barbarism and depravities of war. By examining the fascinating personal accounts of these figures, Crossland illuminates the complex motivations and influential actions of those committed to the campaign to control war, demonstrating how their labours built the foundation for the ideas - enshrined in our own times as international norms - that soldiers need caring for, weapons need restricting and wars need rules.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781350041219

1350041211

OCLC:

1013821043