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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface and Introduction -- Chapter One - Humankind -- Chapter Two - Collective National Identity -- Britain -- America -- Russia -- Germany -- Italy -- France -- Japan -- Final note -- Chapter Three - Brief History of Past Thinkers -- Brief introduction -- The ancient Greek thinkers (circa 484-322 BC) -- St Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) -- St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) -- Francisco De Vitoria (1483-1546) -- Hugo Grotius (or Hugo de Groot) (1583-1645) -- Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) -- Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four - Unlikely and Unattractive -- Introduction -- Pacifism -- Political realism -- Chapter Five - The Modern Era -- Historical overview of the modern era -- Have the causes of war changed? -- Chapter Six - Can War Be Justified? Jus ad Bellum -- Brief introduction -- Self defence -- Pre-emptive war -- War of prevention -- Intervention and humanitarian intervention -- Terrorism -- Chapter Seven - Rules of Battle? Jus in Bello -- Introduction -- The POW rules -- Necessity of torture -- Military necessity -- Human rights for combatants in suicide missions -- Human rights for non-combatants -- Death from the air -- Death at sea -- Death by armies -- Reprisals and hostages -- Guerrilla war -- Sieges and blockades -- Sanctions -- Chapter Eight - Post War Justice Jus post Bellum -- Introduction -- Nuremberg trial -- Post Nuremberg -- Japan, the Tokyo tribunal -- Trials in Italy -- Post WWII -- Truth and reconciliation commission -- Final thoughts -- Chapter Nine - Law: 'Is or Ought' -- Introduction -- A brief history -- Modern concepts -- International law -- Some final observations -- Chapter 10 - Today -- Introduction -- Non-combatants: Politicians, arms traders, scientists -- There Will Always Be War -- Today's world -- Taiwan -- Ukraine -- The Russia-Ukraine war.
Final thoughts -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
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From Plato to Putin : A Short Guide to the Question of War
