MixedThe Washington PostOne development that was essential to this evolution of modern, interminable conflict was the creation of a legal framework that made the \'war on terror\' defensible ... Moyn is at his best when describing how the Obama administration struggled to come up with a more robust framework ... Being a historian, Moyn spends a good deal of time describing the characters, conflicts and conventions that created the momentum for the peace movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is a complicated story that would benefit from fewer actors and tangents ... This is, nonetheless, an important book, as it points out that Americans have made a moral choice to prioritize humane war, not a peaceful globe.