The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats Audiobook (Free)

On July 17, 2018, starting an unjust war became a prosecutable international crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The Criminal offense of Aggression is certainly Noah Weisbord’s riveting insider’s account of the high-stakes legal battle to enact this historic legislation and hold politicians in charge of the wars they begin.

Weisbord, a key drafter of the law for the International Lawbreaker Court, will take listeners behind the scenes of one of the very most consequential legal dramas in modern international diplomacy. Sketching on in-depth interviews and his own very helpful insights, he sheds crucial light on the motivations of the prosecutors, diplomats, and armed forces strategists who championed the fledgling prohibition on unjust war-and those who tried to kitchen sink it.

The power to try leaders for unjust war holds untold promise for the international order, but also great risk. In this incisive and quite crucial book, Weisbord points out how judges in such instances can balance the imperatives of justice and peace, and how the fair prosecution of aggression can humanize modern statecraft.