| War and Law Since 1945 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Best, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198206992 ISBN-13: 9780198206996 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Civilization has long tried to limit the violence and cruelty of war. This important new book by a leading authority on ethics and war traces the recent history of these efforts, and explores key contemporary issues in this area. Best shows how the Second World War prompted reconstruction of international law, and charts the fortunes of its relations with war since then. He surveys the whole range of post-1945 armed conflict--high-tech international wars, wars of national liberation, revolutions, and civil wars--to offer an original and thought-provoking approach to contemporary history, law, politics, and ethics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Law | Military - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 341.6 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Civilization has long tried to limit the violence and cruelty of war. This important new book by a leading authority on ethics and war traces the recent history of these efforts, and explores key contemporary issues in this area. Best shows how the Second World War prompted reconstruction of international law, and charts the fortunes of its relations with war since then. He surveys the whole range of post-1945 armed conflict--high-tech international wars, wars of national liberation, revolutions, and civil wars--to offer an original and thought-provoking approach to contemporary history, law, politics, and ethics. |