LEADER 04177oam 2200673 450 001 9910465178103321 005 20210609124704.0 010 $a9780801470653 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801470653 035 $a(CKB)2560000000125887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10860317 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001184761 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12521631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184761 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11196608 035 $a(PQKB)10038136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138587 035 $a(OCoLC)1080551338 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58527 035 $a(DE-B1597)496598 035 $a(OCoLC)877868671 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801470653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10860317 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683626 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2054679 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000125887 100 $a20131025d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA scrap of paper $ebreaking and making international law during the Great War /$fIsabel V. Hull 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages) 311 $a1-322-52344-4 311 $a0-8014-5273-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue : what we have forgotten -- Belgian neutrality -- The "Belgian atrocities" and the laws of war on land -- Occupation and the treatment of enemy civilians 191-279 -- Great Britain and the blockade -- Breaking and making international law : the blockade, 1915-1918 -- Germany and new weapons : the submarine, zeppelin, poison gas, flame thrower -- Unrestricted submarine warfare -- Reprisals : prisoners of war and allied aerial bombardment -- Conclusion. 330 $aA century after the outbreak of the Great War, we have forgotten the central role that international law and the dramatically different interpretations of it played in the conflict's origins and conduct. In A Scrap of Paper, Isabel V. Hull compares wartime decision-making in Germany, Great Britain, and France, weighing the impact of legal considerations in each. Throughout, she emphasizes the profound tension between international law and military necessity in time of war, and demonstrates how differences in state structures and legal traditions shaped the way in which each of the three belligerents fought the war. Hull focuses on seven cases in which each government's response was shaped by its understanding of and respect for the law: Belgian neutrality, the land war in the west, the occupation of enemy territory, the blockade, unrestricted submarine warfare, the introduction of new weaponry (including poison gas and the zeppelin), and reprisals. Drawing on voluminous research in German, British, and French archives, the author reconstructs the debates over military decision making and clarifies the role played by law-where it constrained action, where it was manipulated to serve military need, where it was simply ignored, and how it developed in the crucible of combat. She concludes that Germany did not speak the same legal language as the two liberal democracies, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. The first book on international law and the Great War published since 1920, A Scrap of Paper is a passionate defense of the role that the law must play to govern interstate relations in both peace and war. 606 $aWar (International law)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHumanitarian law$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aWar (International law)$xHistory 615 0$aHumanitarian law$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xLaw and legislation. 676 $a341.609/041 700 $aHull$b Isabel V.$0512129 712 02$aProQuest (Firm) 712 02$aEbook Central. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bNUWS:W 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465178103321 996 $aA scrap of paper$92463011 997 $aUNINA