Preparing for War - The Making of the Geneva Conventions

Preparing for War, based upon extensive archival research and critical legal methodologies, explores the often misunderstood history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, among the most important rules for armed conflict ever formulated.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Twisted Road to Geneva


• 3: Making the Civilian Convention


• 4: Internationalizing Civil and Colonial Wars


• 5: Fighters in the Shadow


• 6: Indiscriminate Warfare: Bombing, Nuclear Weapons, and Starvation


• 7: Preparing for the Worst


• 8: Conclusion

About the author

Boyd van Dijk is a McKenzie Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He taught previously at the London School of Economics, King's College London, Queen Mary, and the University of Amsterdam.

Summary

Preparing for War, based upon extensive archival research and critical legal methodologies, explores the often misunderstood history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, among the most important rules for armed conflict ever formulated.

Additional text

Boyd van Dijk has done an invaluable job. He presents in detail the diverse controversies and opposing opinions amongst different states, whether in or outside the Western, Eastern, or 'Third World' blocs, that arose during the discussion and writing of the fourth Convention and rewriting the first, second and third. In doing so he made his book a priceless contribution to the history of humanitarianism, the laws of warfare, the Red Cross, and international relations.

Product details

• Authors: Boyd van Dijk, Boyd (Mckenzie Fellow Van Dijk
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780198868071
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886807-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: The History and Theory of International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Military, Public international law: diplomatic law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, Military and defence law and civilian service law, Military & Defence Law, Diplomatic law