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Warfare concepts. Prize of war, regarded as legitimate. War looting, regarded as illegitimate. Wartime sexual violence by extension. The Spoils of War (symposium), a 1995 symposium on art plundered as a result of World War II.
A prize of war (also called spoils of war, bounty or booty) is a piece of enemy property or land seized by a belligerent party during or after a war or battle. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of captured ships during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Feb 15, 2019 · The term “spoils of war” refers to any profits or prizes collected by the U.S. as the result of winning a war or during some other such military activity. For example, spoils of war, or “prizes of war,” can be legitimate or illegal.
Oct 22, 2013 · Victorious commanders also used the spoils of war to beautify Rome, for example, Pompey's theatre, Augustus' forum and Vespasian's Colosseum.
Oct 27, 2021 · In the introduction to “The Spoils of War,” an extraordinary new book by Andrew Cockburn, he makes a straightforward assertion about the U.S. military. “War-fighting efficiency has a low...
Feb 23, 2016 · The Spoils of War. How American wartime cargo inspired cults in the Solomon Islands after World War II. by K. M. Kostyal 2/23/2016. Local chiefs like Tom Meles still keep the John Frum-cargo cult beliefs alive. (Thierry Falise/Lightrocket via Getty Images) Share This Article.
Jul 25, 2022 · Duma leaders adamantly assured legislators that Russia should legally be entitled to keep all of its extensive spoils of war—especially those seized from Germany and other Axis powers—because none of the Soviet cultural treasures looted by the Nazis had been returned from Germany.
Nov 11, 2020 · For Wellington, the question as to whether or not an item acquired from a defeated enemy was a spoil of war, which could with honour be retained, or loot, which should be returned, was one of circumstance: spoils were legitimately acquired in the course of conflict, loot was theft.
6 days ago · As museums encounter increasing claims on their collections, experts say much of the debate hearkens back to 1815, when the Louvre was forced to surrender the spoils of war. By Nina Siegal In ...
On the Spoils of War | STANFORD magazine. Historian Ian Morris makes a case for 'productive' conflicts. July/August 2014. Reading time 9 min. Illustration: Brian Stauffer. By Francis Fukuyama. Ian Morris, a professor of classics and of history, is not a scholar who shies away from big topics.
