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020			_a9780198206996 _c£35.00
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050	0	0	_aKZ6385 _b.B47 1994
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100	1		_aBest, Geoffrey, _d1928-
245	1	0	_aWar and law since 1945 / _cGeoffrey Best.
250			_aRep
260			_aOxford : _bClarendon Press ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2002
300			_axiv, 434 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [423]-425) and index.
505			_aTable of Contents Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Archive References xiii PART I: THE BACKGROUND TO THE LAWS OF WAR 3 (64) 1. Introduction 3 (11) War, Law, and the Laws of War 3 (2) Public International Law, and the Law of War as Part of It 5 (5) Objectives, Methods, and Limitations of This Book 10 (2) Terminology and Abbreviations 12 (2) 2. The Laws of War from Early Modern Times to the Second World War 14 (53) Grotius, Rousseau, and the Non-Combatant 26 (8) Invasion and Occupation, Blockade and Bombardment 34 (5) Expansion and Codification of the Law 39 (5) Non-Combatants and Civilians: Dawn of the Modern Dilemma 44 (3) The War of 1914-1918 and its Aftermath 47 (13) The War of 1939-1945 60 (7) PART II: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1945-1950 67 (168) 3. The United Nations and the New Legal Order of the World 67 (13) 4. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 80 (35) Approaches to the Diplomatic Conference 80 (19) The Diplomatic Conference: What Happened, and What did not Happen 99 (16) 5. Making the Geneva Conventions 115 (65) The Protection of Civilians 115 (8) The Security of Belligerents 123 (9) Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked 132 (3) Prisoners of War 135 (7) Application and Enforcement 142 (16) Repression of Violations 158 (10) Non-International Armed Conflicts 168 (12) 6. The Contribution of the Courts: Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Rest 180 (55) War on Land 185 (2) Military Necessity 187 (1) Superior Orders and Command Responsibility 188 (4) Hostages, Collective Punishments, and Reprisals 192 (3) War at Sea 195 (4) War in the Air 199 (8) Entr'acte. How the Development of International Society Differed from the Legislators' Expectations 207 (28) PART III: LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT SINCE 1950 235 (168) 7. Humanitarian Practice and the Laws of War 235 (18) The Supposed Equality of Belligerents and Impartiality of Humanitarian Relief 235 (6) Military Necessity's Moral Anchor in the jus ad bellum 241 (6) The Spirit of Humanitarianism and the Letter of Law 247 (6) 8. Methods and Means 253 (117) Combatants, Non-Combatants, and Civilians 253 (13) Permissions and Prohibitions 266 (6) Permissions: Military Objectives 272 (4) Prohibitions: 276 (47) Terror, Indiscriminate Bombardment, and Starvation 276 (7) Cultural property and the environment 283 (5) Perfidy 288 (5) Prohibited weapons 293 (18) Reprisals 311 (7) Safety zones 318 (5) Precautions and Proportionality 323 (10) Combatants and Prisoners 333 (8) The Legislation of the 1970s: The Additional Protocols 341 (6) Prisoners, Detainees, and the ICRC 347 (23) 9. Application, Implementation, and Enforcement 370 (33) Epilogue 403 (20) Multilateral Politics 408 (2) Humanitarian Public Opinion 410 (4) The CDDH, 1974-1977 414 (9) Suggestions for Further Reading 423 (4) Index 427
650		0	_aWar (International law) _xHistory.
650		0	_aWar _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWar _xMoral and ethical aspects _xHistory _y20th century.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0637/94007716-d.html
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