Abstract
When reviewing William Boothby and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg's similarly titled book (The law of war, Cambridge University Press, 2018; reviewed in International Affairs 94: 6, Nov. 2018), I suggested deferring purchase until the book now under review appeared at the end of that year for comparison. It turns out that the two books are very different, but complement each other. Boothby and Von Heinegg's work is a paragraph by paragraph summary of the Department of Defense (DoD) manual, with brief comments. Newton's is a collection of contributions from different standpoints and is at the opposite end of the spectrum of efforts to provide guidance to those actively engaged in hostilities. (Newton pays wistful tribute to the 1956 US Army Field Manual 27–10 which ‘generations of Army judge advocates and commanders found … to be a highly portable and efficient means for ascertaining the content of a particular...
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