TY  - BOOK
AU  - Best,Geoffrey
TI  - Humanity in Warfare
SN  - 9780231915007
PY  - 1980///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - LAW / Military
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction. Definitions and Connexions --; Chapter I. The Later Enlightenment Consensus --; Chapter II. First Steps in Modern War: Revolutionary, National and Popular --; Chapter III. The Legislative Foundations, 1815–1914: Conscience, Codes and Compromise --; Chapter IV. The Trials of Total War --; Chapter V. The Law of War in a World of Co-existences --; Chronological Guide --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Argues that warring countries should observe some prohibitions and restraints on how fighting is conducted and presents the history of codes of conduct for warring parties since the middle of the 18th century
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/best91500
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231884037
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ER  -