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Stopping wars and making peace : studies in international intervention /
During most of human history, war was a basic instrument of statecraft, considered, for the most part, a lawful, honorable, ennobling, and even romantic pursuit. By contrast, peacemaking remained a marginal and indeed incongruous interstate activity. A war would end when the belligerents ended it. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
2009.
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| Colección: | International humanitarian law series ;
v. 27. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During most of human history, war was a basic instrument of statecraft, considered, for the most part, a lawful, honorable, ennobling, and even romantic pursuit. By contrast, peacemaking remained a marginal and indeed incongruous interstate activity. A war would end when the belligerents ended it. The experience of the twentieth century a (TM)s two world wars has changed, at least, the official view. The introduction of ever more destructive weapons, the drastic escalation of civilian deaths, and the economic and environmental devastation that modern war brought combined to forge an international. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 223 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047440901 9047440900 1282606182 9781282606180 9786612606182 6612606185 |