War and Society in Revolutionary Europe, 1770-1870 - Softcover

Best, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195205014 ISBN 13: 9780195205015

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Civilization has long sought to limit the violence and ugliness of war. War and Law Since 1945 traces the recent history of these efforts, and explores important contemporary issues in the area. Geoffrey Best shows how the Second World War prompted reconstruction of international law, and charts the fortunes of its relations with war since then. He critically surveys the whole range of contemporary armed conflicts--high-tech international wars, wars of national liberation, revolutionary risings, and civil wars. Far more than a litany of the trouble-spots and tragedies of the second half of the twentieth century, this book offers an original and thought-provoking approach to contemporary history, law, politics, and ethics, and will be essential reading for anyone concerned with war.

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About the Author:

Geoffrey Best is one of Britain's most distinguished historians. His many books include War and Law since 1945, Humanity in Warfare, and Mid-Victorian Britain. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C., and is currently a Senior Member of St.
Antony's College, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0195205014
• ISBN 13: 9780195205015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336