#smrgSAHAF The Legality of Nuclear Weapons - 1958
GEORG SCHWARZENBERGER
Nuclear warfare has replaced chemical war- fare in the fears of mankind. People are still suffering from the effects of both gas warfare in Flanders and the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In this book one of Britain's leading inter- national lawyers examines the position of nuclear warfare in international law and its legality. In particular he considers to what extent it runs counter to the prohibition of poison warfare. He also discusses the circumstances in which nuclear weapons may be used as reprisals and in self-defence. Finally, he points the way ahead.
Here is a dispassionate and independent appraisal, without fear or favour, of the legal aspects of a problem which looms large in the thoughts of men and women everywhere.
GEORG SCHWARZENBERGER
Nuclear warfare has replaced chemical war- fare in the fears of mankind. People are still suffering from the effects of both gas warfare in Flanders and the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In this book one of Britain's leading inter- national lawyers examines the position of nuclear warfare in international law and its legality. In particular he considers to what extent it runs counter to the prohibition of poison warfare. He also discusses the circumstances in which nuclear weapons may be used as reprisals and in self-defence. Finally, he points the way ahead.
Here is a dispassionate and independent appraisal, without fear or favour, of the legal aspects of a problem which looms large in the thoughts of men and women everywhere.
