Reviews

War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict by Michael Byers

ghahn3's review

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

Politically biased, but interesting and informative.

jelliestars's review

challenging informative medium-paced

3.25

ximenavega's review

1.0

Ugh, the author has a serious fetish with the UN.

caramm's review

3.0

This book tries really hard to be Just and Unjust Wars, and is for the most part unsuccessful in that endeavor. It starts out well enough, with concepts introduced and explained with examples. As the chapters pass, though, the narrative gets progressively more judgmental and accusatory, reflecting the authors biases at the expense of doing full justice to the topics being addressed. There are also some questionable assertions about public opinion that, as there are no allusions to studies on the topics, seem wholly unsupported.