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

"This is a revised edition of Law and war : an American story [published in 2000]."--T.p. verso.

“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

The first edition of this book became a standard work in the field, and it has been extensively revised and updated for the second edition. It is prepared with

The authors of this volume have been inspired by the scholar to which this "Liber Amicorum" is dedicated - Professor Ove Bring - to look into both the past and