Reviews for Code of Federal Regulations, Title 43, Public Lands: Interior, Pt. 1000-End, Revised as of October 1, 2007

The average rating for Code of Federal Regulations, Title 43, Public Lands: Interior, Pt. 1000-End, Revised as of October 1, 2007 based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-11-28 00:00:00 Jacob Mermelstein This is a really well written and thoughtful book that made me look at Vietnam and World War II in a new way. I have distinctly read chapter 3 in another form in a university class in 2010, and while it doesn't take away from the book, it felt a bit less original to me. I was absolutely fascinated by the chapter on Nuremberg. At times, this book felt like a futile effort. Rules of war feels like an oxymoron, because not only can anything be broken by military necessity, but because war advantages those who are able to exploit predictability caused by rules and opponent blind spots. Few countries would risk their futures by losing honorably, and so this book felt a bit utopian, in a strange sense where war may still exist in utopia.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-10-04 00:00:00 Shekoufeh Massarat This short analysis, written in 1970 just after the My Lai massacre was reported and while the American incursion into Cambodia was fresh news, should be required reading for anyone interested in the morality of war. Taylor explores classic "just war" theory, the evolution of international rules of war in the 19th and 20th Centuries, and their applicability to Vietnam. His writing is crisp and direct, dealing with difficult practical and ethical questions in an accessible manner.