Crimes of war : antiquity to the middle ages -- War and crimes in China and post-medieval Europe -- Colonialism : the Americas, Asia, and Africa -- Birth of the modern laws of war : Eichmann, Lieber to Versailles -- Peace, law, and the crimes of World War II -- The Nuremberg IMT trial -- The Tokyo IMT trial -- Post-World War II national trials in Europe and Asia -- The genocide and Geneva conventions : Lemkin, Tibet, Guatemala, and the Korean war -- IHL : Soviet-Afghan war, Saddam Hussein, ad hoc tribunals, and Guantánamo -- Epilogue : the ICC.