The Resource A world history of war crimes : from antiquity to the present, Michael Bryant
A world history of war crimes : from antiquity to the present, Michael Bryant
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- Summary
- "The greatly expanded and enhanced second edition of [this book] provides an authoritative and accessible global history of war crimes and the laws of war. Tracing human efforts to limit warfare, from codes of war in antiquity designed to maintain a religiously conceived cosmic order to the gradual use in the modern age of the criminal trial as a means of enforcing universal humanitarian norms, Michael Bryant's book is a masterful account of the subject. Five brand new chapters are included that reinforce the geographical, chronological, historiographical and conceptual dimensions of the book"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 406 pages
- Contents
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- The roots of the law of war in world history
- The law of war in pre-Columbian America
- Making law in the slaughterhouse of the world : early modernity & the law of war
- Colonialism and the law of war : Ireland and the Americas
- The law of war in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : Europe and the United States of America
- The first world war and the failure of the law of war
- The second world war and the triumph of the law of war
- Into the 21st century : war crimes & their treatment since the second world war
- Singers of songs of experience : trying to explain war crimes in world history
- Conclusion : the future of the law of war
- Isbn
- 9781350106604
- Label
- A world history of war crimes : from antiquity to the present
- Title
- A world history of war crimes
- Title remainder
- from antiquity to the present
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Bryant
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The greatly expanded and enhanced second edition of [this book] provides an authoritative and accessible global history of war crimes and the laws of war. Tracing human efforts to limit warfare, from codes of war in antiquity designed to maintain a religiously conceived cosmic order to the gradual use in the modern age of the criminal trial as a means of enforcing universal humanitarian norms, Michael Bryant's book is a masterful account of the subject. Five brand new chapters are included that reinforce the geographical, chronological, historiographical and conceptual dimensions of the book"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by the publisher
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- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bryant, Michael
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- War crimes
- Crimes against humanity
- War (International law)
- Label
- A world history of war crimes : from antiquity to the present, Michael Bryant
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- The roots of the law of war in world history -- The law of war in pre-Columbian America -- Making law in the slaughterhouse of the world : early modernity & the law of war -- Colonialism and the law of war : Ireland and the Americas -- The law of war in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : Europe and the United States of America -- The first world war and the failure of the law of war -- The second world war and the triumph of the law of war -- Into the 21st century : war crimes & their treatment since the second world war -- Singers of songs of experience : trying to explain war crimes in world history -- Conclusion : the future of the law of war
- Control code
- on1191457489
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 406 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350106604
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1191457489
- Label
- A world history of war crimes : from antiquity to the present, Michael Bryant
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The roots of the law of war in world history -- The law of war in pre-Columbian America -- Making law in the slaughterhouse of the world : early modernity & the law of war -- Colonialism and the law of war : Ireland and the Americas -- The law of war in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : Europe and the United States of America -- The first world war and the failure of the law of war -- The second world war and the triumph of the law of war -- Into the 21st century : war crimes & their treatment since the second world war -- Singers of songs of experience : trying to explain war crimes in world history -- Conclusion : the future of the law of war
- Control code
- on1191457489
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 406 pages
- Isbn
- 9781350106604
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1191457489
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