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Title:
Law and war : international law & American history
Author:
Maguire, Peter (Peter H.)
ISBN:
9780231518192
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 349 pages)
Abstract:
In this classic text, Peter Maguire follows America's legal relationship with war, both before and after the Nuremberg trials of the 1940s. Maguire argues that the precedents set by the trials were nothing less than revolutionary, and he traces the development of these new attitudes throughout American history. The text has been revised throughout, with a new preface and postscript discussing the George W. Bush administration's attempt to rewrite the laws of war after 9/11. Maguire connects these efforts to the decline in American power and reputation. Praise for the.
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