| Controlling the Weapons of War: Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity Contributor(s): Rappert, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415647010 ISBN-13: 9780415647014 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 327.174 |
| Series: Contemporary Security Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the predicaments associated with imposing classifications about the relative acceptability of force and what is accomplished in their strategies for doing so. It develops these issues through combining thematic and conceptual analysis with the examination of varied cases of prohibitions on 'conventional' and 'unconventional' weapons through customary and statutory laws, multilateral treaties, UN resolutions, and national legislation. The book will appeal to students of security studies, military technology, peace studies, international relations and discourse theory. |