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Lawfare Archive: Samuel Moyn on “How Warfare Became Both More Humane and Harder to End"

The Lawfare Podcast

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The Humane and Endless War: Constraints, Collateral Damage, and the Erosion of Legal Bounds

This chapter explores the concept of clean and endless war, examining how warfare has become more humane but also more difficult to end. It discusses the limitations placed on targets and methods, the erosion of constraints on going to war, and the hydraulic relationship between fighting dirty and international law. The speaker highlights the challenges faced by human rights activists in maintaining neutrality while advocating for the humanization of war.

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