The law of war is law concerning acceptable practices relating to war. In cases, other than civil wars, it is considered an aspect of public international law (the law of nations). The laws of war are the rules of international law that govern the conduct of war between nationstates, and are especially concerned with whether a use of force is allowed, when a state of war exists, the weapons and conduct of war, and the treatment of opponents, prisoners, neutrals and noncombatants.

The book mainly deals with laws of war, Rules of International Law, Terrorist Law Principles of War, Military Industrialism, War Today, Tools of Statecrafts, The Politics of Total War II, Military Robots and the Laws of War and many more.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Laws of War 3. War and Laws: Rules of International Law 4. Terrorist Laws and the War on Terror 5. Kautilya's Arthashastra on War and Diplomacy in Ancient India 6. Principles of War 7. The Rules of Warfare and Their Violation 8. Military Robots and the Laws of War 9. Law Rather than War on Kashmir 10. Federal Indian Laws and Policy through the War of 1812 11. Strategy and War Tactics of the Sikhs 12. The Politics of Total War II: Rise and Fall of the Military-Democratic State 13. Military Industrialism and the Phases of Total War 14. Critique of Sociology and Military Theory 15. Beyond the Politics of Total War 16. War Today 17. Tools of Statecraft: Diplomacy and War 18. Rights of Neutrals Under International Law 19. The Future of War and Peace 20. Germany's Purpose and Method in Making War