The modern concept of neutrality had no place either in the seventeenth-century imperial constitution or in international law that remained governed by Christian morality. This was reflected in Hugo Grotius’ seminal work, De jura belli ac pacis, which appeared in 1625. War was about restoring justice, implying one side was right, and the other wrong.по-моему за 400 лет не изменилось ровным счетом ни хера, так что не знаю, что он имеет в виду под modern concept of neutrality. все нейтральные страны выполняют какую-то функцию, нужную обеим воюющим сторонам. иначе их нейтралитет не продержался бы ни минуты.
Naturally, each party considered its cause as just...
- Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War, pg 388
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