The popular view of war is that war is uncontrolled violence and barbarism, near the bottom in the annals of man's inhumanity to man. Actually, war is a political act, usually undertaken only when it appears that all other alternatives have failed. The laws of war are those portions of international law that deal with the inception of war, the conduct of war, and the cessation of war. They regulate the relations between states at war and the relationships of those states that claim to be neutral powers. The laws of war apply whether the war is declared or undeclared.From the information provided above, it can be validly concluded that

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