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Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. By Robert D. Kaplan. New York: Random House, 2002. Pp. xxii, 198. Index. $22.95. - The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again. By Caleb Carr. New York: Random House, 2002. Pp. xiv, 272. Index. $19.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

David J. Scheffer
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Recent Books on International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 209 - 215
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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