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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820242303321

Autore

Nabulsi Karma

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

ISBN

0-19-159997-2

0-19-153547-8

1-281-34595-4

9786611345952

1-4356-1426-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ([xiii], 293 pages)

Disciplina

341.6

355.02

Soggetti

War (International law) - History

Combatants and noncombatants (International law) - History

War (International law) - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Modern Laws of War from 1874 to 1949""; ""2. Occupying Armies and Civilian Populations in Nineteenth-Century Europe""; ""3. The Conceptualization of War and the Value of Political Traditions""; ""4. High Priests of the Temple of Janus: The Martial Tradition of War""; ""5. The Enigma of the Middle Way: Grotius and the Grotian Tradition of War""; ""6. Hope and Heroic Action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the Republican Tradition of War""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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.