Traditions of war : occupation, resistance, and the law / Karma Nabulsi.

Traditions of War brings together developments in political and legal thought, the conduct of military occupations, and the attempts by the international community to regulate the treatment of civilians within this aspect of warfare.

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Main Author: Nabulsi, Karma
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The modern laws of war from 1874-1949
  • Occupying armies and civilian populations in nineteenth-century Europe
  • The conceptualization of war and the value of political traditions
  • High priests of the Temple of Janus: the martial tradition of war
  • The enigma of the middle way: Grotius and the Grotian tradition of war
  • Hope and heroic action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the republican tradition of war
  • Conclusion.