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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Gentili and Grotius: Founding Fathers of Modern International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflicts; 1. The same profile: lawyer, refugee and Protestant; 2. Alberico Gentili (1552-1608): 'De Jure Belli Libri Tres' of 1588-1589; 3. Hugo Grotius (1573-1645): 'De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres' of 1625; Conclusion; 2 Democracies, the First World War and the Peace of Versailles; 1. Imperial Europe refuses democracy and prepares for war; 2. The Two Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907; 3. The 'Great War' of August 1914-November 1918. |
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4. Democracy and subversion at home5. The Treaty of Versailles for Peace in Europe -- June, 1919; Conclusion; 3 Democracies and the Second World War; 1. Democracies fail to understand the facts of international life; 2. Imperial Japan; 3. Nazi Germany; 4. Democracy and subversion at home; 5. Conduct of the war operations; Conclusion; Appendix I: Chronological List of Treaties, International Judgments and International Acts; Appendix II: Chronological List of Constitutional, Legal and Policy Acts; Cases; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Over the course of the twentieth-century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the legal frameworks imbedded in democratic societies offered them a fundamental advantage over their more politically restricted rivals. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
War (International law) -- History.
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War (International law) |
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History. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cogen, Marc. Democracies and the Shock of War : The Law as a Battlefield. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2012 9781409443636 |
| ISBN |
9781409443643 |
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1409443647 |
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9781409443636 |
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1409443639 |
| Standard No. |
9786613666192 |
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