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Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions

Boyd van Dijk

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Tyler Cowen liked it
A very good look at the negotiations behind the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and just how driven by national self-interest they were, including colonial motives from the major colonial powers, who wished to retain stronger rights to put down uprisings.

on marginalrevolution.com · 6 May 2026

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It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

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