Beschreibung:
This book explores the complex challenges that the United States and other countries experience today in fighting asymmetrical wars in which they are expected to comply with the Unoted Nations Charter as well as the Geneva Convention and other laws of war while often facing an adversary that recognizes no such obligations.
PART 1: INTRODUCTION: FRAMING THE PUZZLE 1. The Changing Nature of War: Do We Need New Rules for an Old Problem? PART 2: THE LAWS OF WAR: WHAT ARE THE RULES? 2. On Starting A War: The United Nations Charter and Other Jus Ad Bellum Rules 3. On Conducting A War: The Geneva Conventions and Other Jus In Bello Rules 4. On Concluding A War: The Absence of Jus Post Bellum Rules PART 3: THE LAWS OF WAR: ARE THEY STILL RELEVANT? 5. Applying Jus Ad Bellum Rules to the New Warfare: Cases 6. Applying Jus In Bello Rules to the New Warfare: Cases 7. Applying Jus Post Bellum Rules to the New Warfare: Cases PART 4: CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF WAR, PEACE, AND LAW 8. Adapting to the New Face of Violence