Causes of War: Volume 1: 3000 Bce to 1000 Ce

ISBN-13: 9781849465007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 284 str.

Alexander Gillespie

Opis

This is the first volume of a projected three volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day. Written by Alexander Gillespie, a leading international lawyer, and using as its principal materials the documentary history of international law (largely in the form of treaties and the negotiations which led up to them), these volumes explain what the treaties can tell us about the causes of war. In departing from the various theories put forward by historians, anthropologists, and psychologists - for instance, that warfare stems from disputes over private property, or that warfare is inherent in human behavior - Alexander Gillespie offers a different taxonomy of the causes of war, which, he explains can be grouped under the headings of politics, religion, migration, and empire-building. The Causes of War will be a fascinating study for international lawyers and legal historians with an interest in the laws of war and armed conflict.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 1. The Conversation on Sunday Afternoon 2. Utopia 3. Facts 4. Casus Belli in Practice II. Empires 1. Introduction 2. The Formation of Empires 3. The Middle East 4. Greece 5. Rome 6. The Formation of Modern Europe 7. Conclusion III. Migratory Peoples Introduction Egypt India China Rome Further Migratory Peoples in the West to 1000 Byzantium Northern Europe Conclusion IV. Politics Introduction The Near East, Egypt, China and India The Greeks and the Wars for Freedom Rome and the Political Question The Contribution of Christianity The Christian Emperors of the Roman Empire The Return to Monarchy in the West Islam and the Political Question Conclusion V. Religion Introduction Mesopotamia, Egypt, Assyria, Israel and Persia China and India Greece and Rome Christianity Orthodoxy, Heresy and Intolerance The Rise of the Papacy and the East–West Tension The Religious Question between Rome and Persia Islam Islam and Christianity in the East Islam and Christianity in the West Conclusion VI. Conclusion