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Article: Traditions of War: Occupation, Resistance, and the Law.(Review)
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- Parameters
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- March 22, 2001
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Traditions of War: Occupation, Resistance, and the Law. By Karma Nabulsi. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 293 pages. $72.00.
Anyone who takes a hand in shaping the law of war may find it worthwhile to read this ideologically framed book. It will test your own assumptions about its origins and utility. The author argues that ideologies of centuries past shaped the rules of war as we know them today. The book's title, Traditions of War, refers to political philosophies justifying war and bestowing legitimacy on combatants. The author asserts that incompatible, irreconcilable traditions have shaped competing visions of the law of war. Competing visions may, ...