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Traditions of war : occupation, resistance, and the law / Karma Nabulsi.

By: Nabulsi, Karma.
Oxford, U.K. ; New York, USA : Oxford University Press, ©1999Oxford, U.K. ; New York, USA Oxford University Press, ©1999Description: x, 293 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0198294077.Subject(s): War (International law) -- History | Combatants and noncombatants (International law) -- History | War (International law) -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 341.6/N11 Other classification: COL Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Introduction -- The modern laws of war from 1874-1949 -- Occupying armies and civilian populations in nineteenth-century Europe -- The conceptualization of war and the value of political traditions -- High priests of the Temple of Janus: the martial tradition of war -- The enigma of the middle way: Grotius and the Grotian tradition of war -- Hope and heroic action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the republican tradition of war -- Conclusion.
Summary: This book examines wars and military occupation and the ideas underlying them. It explores the laws of war, the body of rules which sought to regulate the practices of war, and those permitted to fight in war. The central challenge posed by the principle in the modern laws of war has been the distinction between lawful and unlawful combatants; a distinction that has never been fully resolved.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-271) and index.

Introduction -- The modern laws of war from 1874-1949 -- Occupying armies and civilian populations in nineteenth-century Europe -- The conceptualization of war and the value of political traditions -- High priests of the Temple of Janus: the martial tradition of war -- The enigma of the middle way: Grotius and the Grotian tradition of war -- Hope and heroic action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the republican tradition of war -- Conclusion.

This book examines wars and military occupation and the ideas underlying them. It explores the laws of war, the body of rules which sought to regulate the practices of war, and those permitted to fight in war. The central challenge posed by the principle in the modern laws of war has been the distinction between lawful and unlawful combatants; a distinction that has never been fully resolved.

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