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C. McKeogh - Innocent Civilians - 9781349429653 - V9781349429653
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Innocent Civilians

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Description for Innocent Civilians Paperback. "Innocent Civilians" traces the complex evolution of the principle of civilian immunity in war from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; JW; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. In doing so he highlights the unsuccessful attempts to reconcile warfare with our civilization's most fundamental principles of justice.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349429653
SKU
V9781349429653
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About C. McKeogh
COLM MCKEOGH is Lecturer in the Defence and Strategic Studies Programme, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. He is the author of The Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr.

Reviews for Innocent Civilians
' - this succinct, well-written study...should be part of all major academic libraries...highly recommended...' - M. Amstutz, Choice

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