List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. The Roots of the Law of War in World History
2. The Law of War in Pre-Columbian America
3. The Law of War in Rome, the Islamic World, and the European
Middle Ages
4. Making Law in the Slaughterhouse of the World: Early Modernity &
the Law of War
5. The Law of War in 18th and 19th Century Europe
6. Colonialism and the Law of War: The Western Hemisphere
7. Colonialism and the Law of War: Africa and the Middle East
8. The First World War and the Failure of the Law of War
9. The Second World War and the Triumph of the Law of War
10. Into the 21st Century: War Crimes & their Treatment since the
Second World War
11. The Causes of War Crimes: Theoretical Perspectives
Conclusion: The Future of the Law of War
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A truly global history of war crimes from ancient times to the 21st century.
Michael S. Bryant is Professor of History and Legal Studies at Bryant University, USA. He is the author of Eyewitness to Genocide: The Operation Reinhard Death Camp Trials, 1955-1966 (2014), and co-author of Global Legal Traditions: Comparative Law for the 21st Century (2021) and Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and the Holocaust (Bloomsbury Academic, forthcoming), amongst others.
Michael S. Bryant's masterful yet highly accessible genealogy of
the concept of war crimes deserves a place of honor of the
bookshelf of anyone with a serious interest in our penchant for
mass violence, and our all-too-often feeble efforts to place limits
on it. A superb read! * David Livingstone Smith, Professor of
Philosophy, University of New England, USA. *
In this much-anticipated second edition, Michael Bryant has
returned to deepen our understanding of the historical roots of the
law of war. Not content to simply stop at the boundary of
historical analysis, a new chapter offers deep sociological and
psychological insights into understanding and explaining those who
perpetrate war crimes. As our contemporary world continues to
invest in war more than peace, Bryant's work will be essential
reading for those seeking to ensure that there be no impunity for
perpetrators of war crimes * James Waller, Cohen Professor of
Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College and author of
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
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