A detailed and highly authoritative critical commentary appraising the vitally important United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual.

Modern war is law pursued by other means. Once a bit player in military conflict, law now shapes the institutional, logistical, and physical landscape of war. A

“Professor Byers’s book goes to the heart of some of the most bitterly contested recent controversies about the International Rule of Law.” —Chris Patte

D Types of war.