The Verdict of Battle : : The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War / / James Q. Whitman.
Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained for...
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Whitman, James Q., author. The Verdict of Battle : The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War / James Q. Whitman. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- 1. Why Battles Matter -- 2. Accepting the Wager of Battle -- 3. Laying Just Claim to the Profits of War -- 4. The Monarchical Monopolization of Military Violence -- 5. Were There Really Rules? -- 6. The Death of Pitched Battle -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in bringing carnage to an end, and why humanitarian laws that cling to a notion of war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts. Belief that sovereigns could, by rights, wage war for profit made the eighteenth century battle's golden age. A pitched battle was understood as a kind of legal proceeding in which both sides agreed to be bound by the result. To the victor went the spoils, including the fate of kingdoms. But with the nineteenth-century decline of monarchical legitimacy and the rise of republican sentiment, the public no longer accepted the verdict of pitched battles. Ideology rather than politics became war's just cause. And because modern humanitarian law provided no means for declaring a victor or dispensing spoils at the end of battle, the violence of war dragged on. The most dangerous wars, Whitman asserts in this iconoclastic tour de force, are the lawless wars we wage today to remake the world in the name of higher moral imperatives. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Battles Europe History 18th century. Combat Moral and ethical aspects. Military art and science Europe History 18th century. Military ethics History 18th century. Military history 18th century. War (International law). War Moral and ethical aspects. War. HISTORY / Military / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE LAW 2012 9783110293814 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET RECHTSWISSENSCHAFTEN 2012 9783110288919 ZDB-23-DGC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 9783110374889 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package 2012 9783110374919 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674067141 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674068117 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674068117.jpg |
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