James Q. Whitman The verdict of battle

the law of victory and the making of modern war

"Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in...

Engels | 323 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2012

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