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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Karma Nabulsi (Nuffield College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.478kg ISBN: 9780199279470ISBN 10: 0199279470 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 02 June 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Modern Laws of War from 1874 to 1949 2: Occupying Armies and Civilian Populations in Nineteenth-Century Europe 3: The Conceptualization of War and the Value of Political Traditions 4: High Priests of the Temple of Janus: The Martial Tradition of War 5: The Enigma of the Middle Way: Grotius and The Grotian Tradition of War 6: Hope and Heroic Action: Rousseau, Paoli, Kosciuszko, and the Republican Tradition of War ConclusionReviewsReview from previous edition This is a valuable and challenging book Military History Nabulsi's book demonstrates creativity of a very high order. Its strength lies in its inspired attempt to identify neglected strands in the history of international thought ... original and provocative, and also illustrated from impressively eclectic reading...thought provokng. English Historial Review This book is as remarkable in its originality and the boldness of its intellectual approach as in the richness and variety of its erudition... Her book does not merely deploy a staggering erudition in such specialised realms as the history of war and military art, but also in the domain of political philosophy, where it is brimming with illuminating analyses and intuitions on patriotism and nationalism, on the logic of State, and on the republican spirit. Critique Internationale Politics, law and war are skilfully interwoven ... This is more a work of political thought than about the practice of war, but a reminder of the importance to military history of varied responses to occupation. European History Quarterly `Review from previous edition This is a valuable and challenging book' Military History `Nabulsi's book demonstrates creativity of a very high order. Its strength lies in its inspired attempt to identify neglected strands in the history of international thought ... original and provocative, and also illustrated from impressively eclectic reading...thought provokng.' English Historial Review `This book is as remarkable in its originality and the boldness of its intellectual approach as in the richness and variety of its erudition... Her book does not merely deploy a staggering erudition in such specialised realms as the history of war and military art, but also in the domain of political philosophy, where it is brimming with illuminating analyses and intuitions on patriotism and nationalism, on the logic of State, and on the republican spirit.' Critique Internationale `Politics, law and war are skilfully interwoven ... This is more a work of political thought than about the practice of war, but a reminder of the importance to military history of varied responses to occupation.' European History Quarterly Author InformationKarma Nabulsi is Fellow in Politics at St. Edmund Hall and University Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |