{"product_id":"war-crimes-genocide-and-the-arnold-krammer-9780313359378","title":"War Crimes, Genocide, and the Law: A Guide to the Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis timely handbook offers an examination of man's history of war crimes and the parallel development of rules of war to prevent them in the future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKosovo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Darfur, Auschwitz. War crimes have occurred in regions around the world and continue to this day. Although atrocities are as old as war itself, they did not become punishable crimes until the law evolved to define them as such. \u003ci\u003eWar Crimes, Genocide, and the Law: A Guide to the Issues\u003c\/i\u003e examines the types of war crimes and the motivations behind them, as well as the laws that seek to control and abolish these heinous acts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin the handbook, centuries of war crimes and genocides are analyzed and catalogued. At the same time, the author offers a history of the development of the rules of war, enabling readers to grasp the importance of such precedent-setting events as the 1946 Nuremberg Trials, and to see the gradual evolution of the laws intended to punish perpetrators and prevent future barbarism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold Krammer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313359377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313359378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 170","brand":"Arnold Krammer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001149047039,"sku":"9780313359378","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57082e87-4818-4471-a4f2-3c0f164815f5.jpg?v=1751600209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-crimes-genocide-and-the-arnold-krammer-9780313359378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}