{"product_id":"harfleur-to-hamburg-djb-trim-9780197784204","title":"Harfleur to Hamburg: Five Centuries of English and British Violence in Europe","description":"Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international norms, at least in its relations with western powers. This has often been contrasted with the violence perpetrated in colonial contexts on other continents. What is often missed, however, is the extent to which the state with its capital in London--first England, then Great Britain--inflicted extreme violence on its European neighbors, even when still using the rhetoric of neighborliness and friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book comprises eleven case-studies of Anglo-British strategic violence, from the siege of Harfleur in 1415 to the fire-bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Chapters examine actions that were top-down and directed, and perpetrated for specific geopolitical reasons--many of them at, or well beyond, the bounds of what was sanctioned by prevailing international norms at the time. The contributors look at how these actions were conceived, executed and perceived by the English\/British public, by the international legal community of the time, and by the victims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis history of English violence in Europe complicates not only easy notions of England\/Britain as a champion of the \"standards of civilisation\" or of the \"liberal international order\", but also of the supposed distinction between \"European\" and \"extra-European\" warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Djb Trim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197784208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197784204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Djb Trim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45898768843007,"sku":"9780197784204","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f625836d-b342-4be2-bce7-6dffb7ccc461.jpg?v=1721377063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harfleur-to-hamburg-djb-trim-9780197784204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}