Cooperation Under Fire

by Jeffrey W. Legro

Book Overview

Why do nations cooperate even as they try to destroy each other? Jeffrey Legro explores this question in the context of World War II, the "total" war that in fact wasn't. During the war, combatant states attempted to sustain agreements limiting the use of three forms of combat considered barbarous--submarine attacks against civilian ships, strategic bombing of civilian targets, and chemical warfare. Looking at how these restraints worked or failed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801429382
• ISBN13: 9780801429385
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher