Humanity in Warfare / / Geoffrey Best.
Argues that warring countries should observe some prohibitions and restraints on how fighting is conducted and presents the history of codes of conduct for warring parties since the middle of the 18th century.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1980] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 1980 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction. Definitions and Connexions
- Chapter I. The Later Enlightenment Consensus
- Chapter II. First Steps in Modern War: Revolutionary, National and Popular
- Chapter III. The Legislative Foundations, 1815–1914: Conscience, Codes and Compromise
- Chapter IV. The Trials of Total War
- Chapter V. The Law of War in a World of Co-existences
- Chronological Guide
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index