A World History of War Crimes

Name: A World History of War Crimes
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SKU: 9781350106598
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From Antiquity to the Present

By Professor Michael S. Bryant

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A World History of War Crimes offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the global history of war crimes and the evolving laws of war. Author Professor Michael S. Bryant traces humanity's attempts to regulate warfare from ancient religious war codes to modern criminal trials enforcing universal humanitarian principles. This greatly expanded 2nd edition includes new chapters on the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East, historical coverage of indigenous and ancient societies, and contemporary case studies from conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, and Syria. A historiographical essay and a final chapter exploring the social, cultural, and psychological dimensions of war crimes round out this authoritative volume.
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Essential reading for students, scholars, and professionals interested in military history, international law, human rights, and global conflict studies. Also suitable for general readers seeking to understand the historical context and significance of war crimes worldwide.

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The greatly expanded and enhanced 2nd edition of A World History of War Crimes provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to the global history of war crimes and the laws of war. Tracing human efforts to limit warfare, from codes of war in antiquity designed to maintain a religiously conceived cosmic order to the gradual use in the modern age of the criminal trial as a means of enforcing universal humanitarian norms, Michael S. Bryant’s book is a masterful one-volume account of the subject.

This new edition includes, for the first time:

Two chapters providing extensive coverage of the Americas, Africa and the Middle East
Strengthened chronological boundaries – a new chapter on the Incas, Aztecs, Mayan, and North American Indian tribes, as well as more material across all regions in ancient times; discussion of contemporary war crimes committed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar and Syria
A historiographical essay to broaden your understanding of the field
An added final chapter focusing on the social, cultural and psychological aspects of the subject

A World History of War Crimes is vital reading for anyone needing to understand the history of war in one of its most significant contexts.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350106598

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 February 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 40 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 668g

Pages: 424

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Education & Reference Global History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Professor Michael S. Bryant

About the Author

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.