Bibliograph

Humane, how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war, Samuel Moyn

Type

Label

Humane, how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war, Samuel Moyn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Humane

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1227087300

Responsibility statement

Samuel Moyn

Sub title

how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification