The Concept of Neutrality in Classical Greece

Robert A. Bauslaugh (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

316 Seiten

1991
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-06687-8 (ISBN)

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Looking at Classical warfare from the perspective of the non-belligerents, Robert A. Bauslaugh brings together the scattered evidence testifying to neutral behavior among the Greek city-states and their non-Greek neighbors. Were the Argives of 480/479 B.C. really "Medizers," as many have accused, or were they pursuing a justifiable policy of neutrality as they claimed? On what basis in international law or custom did the Corcyraeans claim non-alignment? Why were the leading belligerent states willing to accept the inclusion of a "neutrality clause" in the Common Peace of 371? These questions have not been asked by historians of international law, and the answers provide a far more complex and sophisticated picture of interstate relations than has so far been available. Despite the absence of exclusively diplomatic language, the concept of respect for neutrals appears early in Greek history and remains a nearly constant feature of Classical wars. The problems confronting uncommitted states, which have clear parallels in modern history, were balanced by widespread acceptance of the need for limitations on the chaos of warfare.

Robert A. Bauslaugh is Associate Professor of Classics at Emory University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.1992
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-520-06687-1 / 0520066871
ISBN-13	978-0-520-06687-8 / 9780520066878
Zustand	Neuware