HumaneThe rise of the American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war. But what if efforts to make war more ethicalto ban torture and limit civilian casualtieshave only shored up the military enterprise and made it sturdier? During this period, the campaign to abolish wars transformed into opposing war crimes, with fateful consequences. The ramifications of this shift became apparent in the post 9 11 era. By that time, the US military had