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A History of the Laws of War: Volume 3 - The Customs and Laws of War with Regards to Arms Control (Hardcover, New)
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A History of the Laws of War: Volume 3 - The Customs and Laws of War with Regards to Arms Control (Hardcover, New)
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This unique work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws
of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on
written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources
ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author
pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as
civilisation itself. The author shows that as long as humanity has
been waging wars it has also been trying to find ways of
legitimising different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to
them, protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or
intentionally caught up between them, and controlling the use of
particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of
conflict. Thus it is that this work is divided into three
substantial parts: Volume 1 on the laws affecting combatants and
captives; Volume 2 on civilians; and Volume 3 on the law of arms
control. This third volume deals with the question of the control
of weaponry, from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age. In doing so,
it divides into two parts: namely, conventional weapons and Weapons
of Mass Destruction. The examination of the history of arms control
of conventional weapons begins with the control of weaponry so that
one side could achieve a military advantage over another. This
pattern, which only began to change centuries after the advent of
gunpowder, was later supplemented by ideals to control types of
conventional weapons because their impacts upon opposing combatants
were inhumane. By the late twentieth century, the concerns over
inhumane conventional weapons were being supplemented by concerns
over indiscriminate conventional weapons. The focus on
indiscriminate weapons, when applied on a mass scale, is the core
of the second part of the volume. Weapons of Mass Destruction are
primarily weapons of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Although both chemical and biological warfare have long historical
lineages, it was only after the Second World War that technological
developments meant that these weapons could be applied to cause
large-scale damage to non-combatants. thi is unlike uclear weapons,
which are a truly modern invention. Despite being the newest Weapon
of Mass Destruction, they are also the weapon of which most
international attention has been applied, although the frameworks
by which they were contained in the last century, appear inadequate
to address the needs of current times. As a work of reference this
set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to
scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of
warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light
on the history of international law and on the history of warfare
itself.
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