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008			121029s2012 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aU22 _b.V473 2012
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aWhitman, James Q., _d1957- _e1
245	1	0	_aThe verdict of battle : _bthe law of victory and the making of modern war / _cJames Q. Whitman.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2012.
300			_a1 online resource (323 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	0		_aDe Gruyter eBook-Paket Rechtswissenschaften
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aWhy battles matter -- _tAccepting the wager of battle -- _tLaying just claim to the profits of war -- _tThe monarchical monopolization of military violence -- _tWere there really rules? -- _tThe death of pitched battle.
520	0		_aSlaughter in battle was once seen as a legitimate way to settle disputes. When pitched battles ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. Whitman explains why ritualized violence was more effective in ending carnage, and why humanitarian laws that view war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts.
520	0		_aToday, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in bringing carnage to an end, and why humanitarian laws that cling to a notion of war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts. Belief that sovereigns could, by rights, wage war for profit made the eighteenth century battle's golden age. A pitched battle was understood as a kind of legal proceeding in which both sides agreed to be bound by the result. To the victor went the spoils, including the fate of kingdoms. But with the nineteenth-century decline of monarchical legitimacy and the rise of republican sentiment, the public no longer accepted the verdict of pitched battles. Ideology rather than politics became war's just cause. And because modern humanitarian law provided no means for declaring a victor or dispensing spoils at the end of battle, the violence of war dragged on. The most dangerous wars, Whitman asserts in this iconoclastic tour de force, are the lawless wars we wage today to remake the world in the name of higher moral imperatives.
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650		0	_aWar _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aCombat _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aBattles _zEurope _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _zEurope _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aWar (International law)
650		0	_aMilitary ethics _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aMilitary history _y18th century.
650		4	_aBattles _zEurope _vHistory _y18th century.
650		4	_aCombat _vMoral and ethical aspects.
650		4	_aInternational Law, Foreign Law, Comparative Law.
650		4	_aLaw.
650		4	_aMilitary art and science _zEurope _vHistory _y18th century.
650		4	_aMilitary ethics _vHistory _y18th century.
650		4	_aMilitary history _y18th century.
650		4	_aPublic International Law.
650		4	_aWar _vMoral and ethical aspects.
653			_aMulti-User.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=494493&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell