Atrocity, Codes of Conduct and the Irish in the British Civil Wars 1641 1653

2007/05/01 by Mícheál Ó Siochrú · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Military History and Strategy #War, Ethics, and Justification #Irish #History #Political science #Philosophy #Linguistics

paper · doi:10.1093/pastj/gtl029

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Abstract

To introduce the principle of moderation into the theory of war itself would always lead to logical absurdity. Clausewitz1

Citations

• HALCYON DAYS AND THE LITERATURE OF WAR: ENGLAND'S MILITARY EDUCATION BEFORE 1642
• Martial Law and the Petition of Right

Cited by

• Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty [wikipedia]

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