Perhaps no recent document published by the Department of Defense (DoD) has been more studied, reviewed, and criticized than its Law of War Manual. Initially released in June 2015, it already has received multiple updates. These updates occur partly because of the flurry of well-considered criticism from both academics and practitioners. However, no effort at reviewing the manual has been more exhaustive than this recently published book by two of Europe's most eminent international law scholars.
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