9780801452734 - A Scrap of Paper: Breaking and Making International Law during the Great War von Hull, Isabel V. (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - Cornell Univ Press (2014). VERY GOOD+ in a very good dust jacket. Has a small bump on the bottom edge of the spine. Appears unread. xiii, 368 pages ; 25 cm. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Prologue: What We Have Forgotten -- 2.) Belgian Neutrality -- 3.) The *Belgian Atrocities* And the Laws of War on Land -- 4.) Occupation and the Treatment Of Enemy Civilians -- 5.) Great Britain and the Blockade -- 6.) Breaking and Making International Law: The Blockade, 1915-1918 -- 7.) Germany and New Weapons: The Submarine, Zeppelin, Poison Gas, Flame Throwers -- 8.) Unrestricted Submarine Warfare -- 9.) Reprisals: Prisoners of War and Allied Aerial Bombardment -- 10.) Conclusion. . . . . . A comparative history that explores how international law shaped, constrained, and was at times disregarded by the major European powers during World War I. Hull demonstrates that legal considerations were central to military and political decision making, with differing legal traditions and state structures influencing each nation?s conduct in the war. Hull argues that the war was as much about the interpretation and defense of international law as it was about strategy, exposing stark contrasts. Through detailed archival research, the book contends that international law was not merely rhetorical, but a crucial and contested element in the making and breaking of wartime decisions, ultimately shaping the trajectory and legacy of the conflict.

Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, bright and tight in untorn dustwrapper with only minor shelfwear.