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Democracies and the Shock of War : the Law as a Battlefield.
Over the course of the twentieth-century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Gentili and Grotius: Founding Fathers of Modern International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflicts; 1. The same profile: lawyer, refugee and Protestant; 2. Alberico Gentili (1552-1608): 'De Jure Belli Libri Tres' of 1588-1589; 3. Hugo Grotius (1573-1645): 'De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres' of 1625; Conclusion; 2 Democracies, the First World War and the Peace of Versailles; 1. Imperial Europe refuses democracy and prepares for war; 2. The Two Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907; 3. The 'Great War' of August 1914-November 1918.
- 4. Democracy and subversion at home5. The Treaty of Versailles for Peace in Europe
- June, 1919; Conclusion; 3 Democracies and the Second World War; 1. Democracies fail to understand the facts of international life; 2. Imperial Japan; 3. Nazi Germany; 4. Democracy and subversion at home; 5. Conduct of the war operations; Conclusion; Appendix I: Chronological List of Treaties, International Judgments and International Acts; Appendix II: Chronological List of Constitutional, Legal and Policy Acts; Cases; Bibliography; Index.