A noteworthy development in recent history has been the disappearance of formal declarations of war. Using primary sources, this book examines the history of declaring war in the early modern era up to the writing of the US Constitution to identify the influence of early modern history on the framing of the Constitution.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction Ancient and Medieval Precedents The Sixteenth Century–The Practice The Sixteenth Century–The Theory The Seventeenth Century The Eighteenth Century The Age of Revolution
Om författaren
FREDERIC J. BAUMGARTNER Professor of History at Virginia Tech, USA and the author of the Palgrave titles
Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections (2003),
Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization (1999), and
France in the Sixteenth Century (1995).
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