MARC details
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03012cam a2200385Mi 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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007612681 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20180722215717.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
120522s2012 mau b 001 0 eng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012022176 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0674416872 (pbk) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674416871 (pbk) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)821222780 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NLGGC |
| Language of cataloging |
dut |
| Description conventions |
fobidrtb |
| Transcribing agency |
NLGGC |
| Modifying agency |
NFG |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
172.42 |
| Item number |
W614 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Whitman, James Q., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1957- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259730 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The verdict of battle : |
| Remainder of title |
the law of victory and the making of modern war / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
James Q. Whitman. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, MA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
323 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Why battles matter -- Accepting the wager of battle -- Laying just claim to the profits of war -- The monarchical monopolization of military violence -- Were there really rules? -- The death of pitched battle. |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in bringing carnage to an end, and why humanitarian laws that cling to a notion of war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts. Belief that sovereigns could, by rights, wage war for profit made the eighteenth century battle's golden age. A pitched battle was understood as a kind of legal proceeding in which both sides agreed to be bound by the result. To the victor went the spoils, including the fate of kingdoms. But with the nineteenth-century decline of monarchical legitimacy and the rise of republican sentiment, the public no longer accepted the verdict of pitched battles. Ideology rather than politics became war's just cause. And because modern humanitarian law provided no means for declaring a victor or dispensing spoils at the end of battle, the violence of war dragged on. The most dangerous wars, Whitman asserts in this iconoclastic tour de force, are the lawless wars we wage today to remake the world in the name of higher moral imperatives."--from pub. webpage. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Battles |
| Geographic subdivision |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259731 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Combat |
| General subdivision |
Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259732 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Military art and science |
| Geographic subdivision |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259733 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Military ethics |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259734 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
War (International law) |
| 9 (RLIN) |
259735 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
War |
| General subdivision |
Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218081 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Adult Book |
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C0 |
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NFG |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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007612681 |
