Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions
The 1949 negotiations reconstructed from the archives, showing colonial powers drafting the rules of war to preserve their own freedom to put down uprisings.
Van Dijk reconstructs the negotiations behind the 1949 Geneva Conventions from the archives, showing how thoroughly national self-interest shaped them. Colonial powers drafted to preserve their freedom to put down uprisings, the Soviets pressed for torture protections with their own calculations in mind, and the people most affected had no seat at the table.
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Tyler Cowen
A very good look at the negotiations behind the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and just how driven by national self-interest they were, including colonial motives from the major colonial powers, who wished to retain stronger rights to put down uprisings.
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