The Laws of War : Constraints on Warfare in the Western World / Michael Howard; Mark R. Shulman, George Andreopoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Michael, Author.

Contributor:

Andreopoulos, George, Editor.

Shulman, Mark R., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1994]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Constraints on Warfare

2. Classical Greek Times

3. The Age of Chivalry

4. Early Modern Europe

5. Colonial America

6. The Age of Napoleon

7. Maritime Conflict

8. Land Warfare: From Hague to Nuremberg

9. Air Power

10. Nuclear War Planning

11. The Age of National Liberation Movements

12. The Laws of War: Some Concluding Reflections

Notes

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Suggested Readings

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300174885

0300174888

OCLC:

47009362