Traditions of War : Occupation, Resistance, and the Law - Print on Demand

Zusatztext Politics! law and war are skilfully interwoven ... This is more a work of political thought than about the practice of war! but a reminder of the importance to military history of varied responses to occupation. Informationen zum Autor Karma Nabulsi is Fellow in Politics at St. Edmund Hall and University Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Karma Nabulsi, Nabulsi Karma
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2005
• EAN: 9780199279470
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927947-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law