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Author:

Moyn, Samuel, author.

Title:

Humane : how the United States abandoned peace and reinvented war / Samuel Moyn.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

400 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

War (International law)
International law--United States.
United States--Military policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

In the years since 9/11, we have entered an age of endless war. With little debate or discussion, the United States carries out military operations around the globe. It hardly matters whos president or whether liberals or conservatives operate the levers of power. The United States exercises dominion everywhere.

ISBN:

0374173702
9780374173708

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1227087300

LCCN:

2021015727

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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