Best, Geoffrey <br/><br/>
War & law since 1945 
/Geoffrey Best 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  c1997. 
 - xiv, 434 p. :  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Abbreviations, Short Titles, and Archive References		xiii	<br/>PART I: THE BACKGROUND TO THE LAWS OF WAR		3	(64)<br/>1. Introduction<br/>3	(11)<br/>War, Law, and the Laws of War<br/>3	(2)<br/>Public International Law, and the Law of War as Part of It<br/>5	(5)<br/>Objectives, Methods, and Limitations of This Book<br/>10	(2)<br/>Terminology and Abbreviations<br/>12	(2)<br/>2. The Laws of War from Early Modern Times to the Second World War<br/>14	(53)<br/>Grotius, Rousseau, and the Non-Combatant<br/>26	(8)<br/>Invasion and Occupation, Blockade and Bombardment<br/>34	(5)<br/>Expansion and Codification of the Law<br/>39	(5)<br/>Non-Combatants and Civilians: Dawn of the Modern Dilemma<br/>44	(3)<br/>The War of 1914-1918 and its Aftermath<br/>47	(13)<br/>The War of 1939-1945<br/>60	(7)<br/>PART II: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LAWS OF WAR, 1945-1950		67	(168)<br/>3. The United Nations and the New Legal Order of the World<br/>67	(13)<br/>4. The Geneva Conventions of 1949<br/>80	(35)<br/>Approaches to the Diplomatic Conference<br/>80	(19)<br/>The Diplomatic Conference: What Happened, and What did not Happen<br/>99	(16)<br/>5. Making the Geneva Conventions<br/>115	(65)<br/>The Protection of Civilians<br/>115	(8)<br/>The Security of Belligerents<br/>123	(9)<br/>Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked<br/>132	(3)<br/>Prisoners of War<br/>135	(7)<br/>Application and Enforcement<br/>142	(16)<br/>Repression of Violations<br/>158	(10)<br/>Non-International Armed Conflicts<br/>168	(12)<br/>6. The Contribution of the Courts: Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Rest<br/>180	(55)<br/>War on Land<br/>185	(2)<br/>Military Necessity<br/>187	(1)<br/>Superior Orders and Command Responsibility<br/>188	(4)<br/>Hostages, Collective Punishments, and Reprisals<br/>192	(3)<br/>War at Sea<br/>195	(4)<br/>War in the Air<br/>199	(8)<br/>Entr'acte. How the Development of International Society Differed from the Legislators' Expectations<br/>207	(28)<br/>PART III: LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT SINCE 1950		235	(168)<br/>7. Humanitarian Practice and the Laws of War<br/>235	(18)<br/>The Supposed Equality of Belligerents and Impartiality of Humanitarian Relief<br/>235	(6)<br/>Military Necessity's Moral Anchor in the jus ad bellum<br/>241	(6)<br/>The Spirit of Humanitarianism and the Letter of Law<br/>247	(6)<br/>8. Methods and Means<br/>253	(117)<br/>Combatants, Non-Combatants, and Civilians<br/>253	(13)<br/>Permissions and Prohibitions<br/>266	(6)<br/>Permissions: Military Objectives<br/>272	(4)<br/>Prohibitions:<br/>276	(47)<br/>Terror, Indiscriminate Bombardment, and Starvation<br/>276	(7)<br/>Cultural property and the environment<br/>283	(5)<br/>Perfidy<br/>288	(5)<br/>Prohibited weapons<br/>293	(18)<br/>Reprisals<br/>311	(7)<br/>Safety zones<br/>318	(5)<br/>Precautions and Proportionality<br/>323	(10)<br/>Combatants and Prisoners<br/>333	(8)<br/>The Legislation of the 1970s: The Additional Protocols<br/>341	(6)<br/>Prisoners, Detainees, and the ICRC<br/>347	(23)<br/>9. Application, Implementation, and Enforcement<br/>370	(33)<br/>Epilogue		403	(20)<br/>Multilateral Politics		408	(2)<br/>Humanitarian Public Opinion		410	(4)<br/>The CDDH, 1974-1977		414	(9)<br/>Suggestions for Further Reading		423	(4)<br/>Index		427	 
<br/><br/><br/>eng. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198206992  TZS 67,127.59 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War (International law)<br/>War Moral and ethical aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.6 BES