Download or read book Of War and Law written by David Kennedy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power, this book focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language - wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare.