The Law of War between Belligerents: A History and Commentary

Abstract

374. This is a useful and meritorious work. First, it traces succinctly the usages of war from the days of Greece and Rome down to the present. It sets forth the changes in those usages which important international congresses and conferences have established, and dwells at some length and with discrimination on important questions raised in the conduct of recent wars, especially the Franco-German, the South African and the Russo-Japanese