Opening Session of Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 February 1974 (Photo from International Committee of the Red Cross)
Negotiation of Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, 1974-1977
Pentagon Feared Agreement Would Be Read as Prohibiting Nuclear Use
Joint Staff: Not “Feasible” to Protect Civilians in “General Nuclear War”