Usually, when we think of war, we think of the absolute breakdown of law—total chaos where force reigns supreme. In this episode of pplpod, we explore the fascinating, slightly obsessive universe where war is actually a bureaucracy. We examine the career of Eyal Benvenisti, the legal titan who wrote the definitive textbook on the International Law of Occupation. From his roots in Jerusalem to his tenure as a Whewell Professor at Cambridge, Benvenisti has championed the radical concept of Sovereignty as Trusteeship, arguing that an occupying army is not a conqueror, but a fiduciary caretaker with a tank division. We deconstruct how this "legal hero’s journey" moves from doctoral theories on human rights and shared resources to the high-stakes real ...