04204nam 22006851 450 991078992290332120120313113548.01-84731-863-01-4725-6574-61-280-12553-597866135293981-84731-841-X10.5040/9781472565747(CKB)2670000000174956(EBL)881380(OCoLC)785397986(MiAaPQ)EBC1772803(MiAaPQ)EBC881380(Au-PeEL)EBL1772803(CaPaEBR)ebr10554392(CaONFJC)MIL352939(OCoLC)893332322(UtOrBLW)bpp09258073(MiAaPQ)EBC6165419(Au-PeEL)EBL881380(EXLCZ)99267000000017495620150227d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA history of the laws of warVolume 3The customs and laws of war with regards to arms control /Alexander Gillespie1st ed.Oxford ;Portland, Oregon :Hart Publishing,2011.1 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84946-206-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- I. Conventional Weapons -- II. Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Conclusion."This third volume deals with the question of the control of weaponry, from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age. In doing so, it divides into two parts: namely, conventional weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The examination of the history of arms control of conventional weapons begins with the control of weaponry so that one side could achieve a military advantage over another. This pattern, which only began to change centuries after the advent of gunpowder, was later supplemented by ideals to control types of conventional weapons because their impacts upon opposing combatants were inhumane. By the late twentieth century, the concerns over inhumane conventional weapons were being supplemented by concerns over indiscriminate conventional weapons. The focus on indiscriminate weapons, when applied on a mass scale, is the core of the second part of the volume. Weapons of Mass Destruction are primarily weapons of the latter half of the twentieth century. Although both chemical and biological warfare have long historical lineages, it was only after the Second World War that technological developments meant that these weapons could be applied to cause large-scale damage to non-combatants. thi is unlike uclear weapons, which are a truly modern invention. Despite being the newest Weapon of Mass Destruction, they are also the weapon of which most international attention has been applied, although the frameworks by which they were contained in the last century, appear inadequate to address the needs of current times. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Arms controlHistoryCombatants and noncombatants (International law)HistoryPrisoners of warLegal status, laws, etcHistoryWar (International law)HistoryWarProtection of civiliansHistoryInternational humanitarian lawArms controlHistory.Combatants and noncombatants (International law)History.Prisoners of warLegal status, laws, etc.History.War (International law)History.WarProtection of civiliansHistory.341.6Gillespie Alexander256763UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910789922903321A history of the laws of war3824098UNINA