The laws of yesterday's wars : from Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War
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- ISBN: 9789004464285 (hardcover)
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236 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Samuel White -- Indigenous Australians / Ray Kerkhove & Samuel White -- Māori warfare and the New Zealand wars - Atrocities, chivalry and apologies / Alexander Gillespie -- The Aztecs / Samuel White and Ray Kerkhove -- The late Middle Ages / Samuel White -- The Renaissance / Kyle Walker -- The Viking Age / Andrew D. Butler -- Privates and privateers in Elizabethan England / Andrew Read -- Code of necessity - Lawfare during the United States Civil War / Christopher M. Bailey -- Conclusion / Samuel White. |
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Subject: | War (International law) -- History |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | KZ 6385 .L398 2022 (Text) | 58500000804245 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
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This book brings together eight essays that examine the laws of past wars in various cultures and periods, looking at indigenous Australians, Maori warfare and the New Zealand wars, the Aztecs, the Late Middles Age in the Northern Europe, the Renaissance, the Viking age, pirates and privateers in Elizabethan England, and the Lieber Code as a form of strategic lawfare during the Civil War in the US. Each essay discusses the culture and its system of government and its specific goal of warfare. Contributors work in law, history, and the military in Australia, New Zealand, and the US. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)