by Geoffrey Best (Author)
An account of civilization's efforts to limit the violence and ugliness of war. It shows how World War II prompted reconstruction of international law, and surveys contemporary armed conflicts - high-tech international wars, wars of national liberation, revolutionary risings and civil wars.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 456
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 10 Jul 1997
ISBN 10: 0198206992
ISBN 13: 9780198206996