Part I. Foundation: 1. Rules of war, laws of war; 2. Codes, conventions, declarations and regulations; 3. Two world wars and their law of armed conflict results; 4. Protocols and politics; Part II. A Framework: 5. Conflict status; 6. Individual battlefield status; 7. LOAC's four core principles; 8. What is a 'war crime'?; Part III. Battlefield Issues: 9. Obedience to orders, the first defense; 10. Command responsibility and respondeat superior; 11. Ruses and perfidy; 12. Torture; 13. Rules of engagement; 14. Targeting; 15. Attacks on cultural property; 16. The 1980 certain conventional weapons convention; 17. Gas, biological and chemical weapons treaties.
This book introduces students to the essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.
Gary D. Solis is a retired Professor of Law of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he headed the law of war program. He received Phi Kappa Phi's distinguished teaching award and, in 2006, the Apgar Award as the Military Academy's outstanding instructor. He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, holds a Ph.D. in the law of war from The London School of Economics & Political Science, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Solis is the author of Marines and Military Law in Vietnam and Son Thang: An American War Crime.
“Anyone involved with international humanitarian law -- academics,
commanders and Soldiers, cadets, concerned citizens -- should be
delighted that Professor Solis has devoted his expertise to writing
[this] textbook…He combines academic rigor and expertise with
experience as a combat Marine to communicate how these issues
unfold on the ground…The broad coverage of essential international
humanitarian law should make it a vade mecum for upper division
undergraduate students as well as those in law school…Any tactical
legal advisor should make sure this is the first item packed in his
or her rucksack…With this outstanding textbook, Professor Solis
makes a broad contribution to the study of an area of the law that
is critical to the manner in which countries, armed forces, and
individuals conduct themselves.”
--Patrick Finnegan, Brigadier General, United States Army, Academic
Dean, United States Military Academy
“The law of armed conflict matters. This superb book is an
extraordinarily rich discussion of the law of armed conflict
written by a combat veteran with a true understanding of the
importance of such laws for effective democratic nation war
fighting. It should quickly become a standard teaching manual.”
--John Norton Moore, Director, Center for National Security Law &
former Chairman of the Board, the United States Institute of Peace,
Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
“This is the book that teachers of the law of armed conflict have
been waiting for. It tackles the controversial areas with a wealth
of historical and legal reference material as well as comments on
recent US practice. A real bonus is that it is interestingly and
lucidly written - one always wants to read more.”
--Major-General (ret.) A. P. V. Rogers, Fellow of the Lauterpacht
Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
“This is a most helpful guide to the law of armed conflict,
designed for law students and undergraduates. Although structured
as a textbook, it has a large dose of cases and materials. The book
is written by an accomplished teacher with invaluable military
experience.”
--Yoram Dinstein, Professor Emeritus of International Law and Human
Rights, Tel-Aviv University
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