The verdict of battle [electronic resource] : the law of victory and the making of modern war / James Q. Whitman.
Slaughter in battle was once seen as a legitimate way to settle disputes. When pitched battles ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. Whitman explains why ritualized violence was more effective in ending carnage, and why humanitarian laws that view war as evil h...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2012.
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U22 .W55 2012eb
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