Point of attack :
Yoo, Hohn.
Point of attack : preventive war, international law, and global welfare. - New York; Oxford University Press, 2014. - xii, 259 p. : 24 cm.
Contents
1. War and the New Millennium
I. War Today
II. Force Rules
III. Toward a New International System
2. Imperial Versus Humanitarian Wars
3. From Just War to False Peace
I. From Ancient to Early Modern Times
II. From the Early Modern Period to the Twentieth Century
III. Just War Doctrine and Collective Security
IV. Conclusion
4. Force Rules
5. Wars of Global Welfare
6. Great Power Security
7. Failed States
8. Conclusion
John Yoo's fascinating and provocative analysis of preventive war will undoubtedly launch slew of its own academic wars By arguing that the existing international system, and especially the United Nations, is essentially incapable of protecting international peace and security Yoo does no more than state the obvious. That alone will be too much for the UN's altar boys and girls, but Yoo goes further, proposing ways to remedy the manifest problems he describes. Among those who read this book, there will be no neutrals
9780199347735
International Humanitarian Law
341.6 YOO 2014
Point of attack : preventive war, international law, and global welfare. - New York; Oxford University Press, 2014. - xii, 259 p. : 24 cm.
Contents
1. War and the New Millennium
I. War Today
II. Force Rules
III. Toward a New International System
2. Imperial Versus Humanitarian Wars
3. From Just War to False Peace
I. From Ancient to Early Modern Times
II. From the Early Modern Period to the Twentieth Century
III. Just War Doctrine and Collective Security
IV. Conclusion
4. Force Rules
5. Wars of Global Welfare
6. Great Power Security
7. Failed States
8. Conclusion
John Yoo's fascinating and provocative analysis of preventive war will undoubtedly launch slew of its own academic wars By arguing that the existing international system, and especially the United Nations, is essentially incapable of protecting international peace and security Yoo does no more than state the obvious. That alone will be too much for the UN's altar boys and girls, but Yoo goes further, proposing ways to remedy the manifest problems he describes. Among those who read this book, there will be no neutrals
9780199347735
International Humanitarian Law
341.6 YOO 2014