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Victors' justice : from Nuremberg to Baghdad / Danilo Zolo ; translated by M.W. Weir.

By: Language: English Original language: Italian Publication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2009.Description: xiii, 189 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781844673179 (hbk.)
  • 1844673170 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Giustizia dei vincitori. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.6909 22
LOC classification:
  • KZ1168.5 .Z6513 2009
Contents:
Contents: 1. The criminalization of war; 2. Humanitarian war; 3. The Universality of rights and humanitarian war; 4. Preventive global war; 5. Empire and war; 6. The reasons behind terrorism; 7. From Nuremberg to Baggdad.
Summary: An argument against Western intervention in other cultures in the name of humanitarianism contends that the Western world has manipulated international law and violated tolerance policies for its own ends at the expense of disadvantaged cultures.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index.

Contents:
1. The criminalization of war;
2. Humanitarian war;
3. The Universality of rights and humanitarian war;
4. Preventive global war;
5. Empire and war;
6. The reasons behind terrorism;
7. From Nuremberg to Baggdad.

An argument against Western intervention in other cultures in the name of humanitarianism contends that the Western world has manipulated international law and violated tolerance policies for its own ends at the expense of disadvantaged cultures.