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Humane : how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war / Samuel Moyn.

Moyn, Samuel, (author.).

Summary:
"A history of how an international effort to outlaw war gave way to an effort to regulate it, with an emphasis on the role played by the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374173708
  • ISBN: 0374173702
  • Physical Description: 400 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-380) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The warning -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- Laws of inhumanity -- Air war and America's brutal peace -- The Vietnamese pivot -- "Cruelty is the worst thing we do" -- The road to humanity after September -- The arc of the moral universe -- Epilogue.
Subject: War (International law)
International law > United States.
United States > Military policy.
Genre: Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 341.6 MOYN (Text) 50686016091923 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 341.6 MOY (Text) 33400001529018 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Parkland Community Library 341.6 MOY (Text) 34422007232909 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults 341.6 MOY Nonfiction (Text) 34318001193412 Adult Area Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 341.6 (Text) 33062009502627 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Summary: "A history of how an international effort to outlaw war gave way to an effort to regulate it, with an emphasis on the role played by the United States"--

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