Prisoners in War

Ed. by Sibylle Scheipers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Result of a conference on 'Prisoners in War' conducted by the Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War in December 2007 at Oxford University"--Acknowledgements.

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This book contains contributions by leading scholars from the fields of history, international relations, law, and philosophy. It includes novel research findings on the crusades, detention and interrogation policies in Northern Ireland, the Chechnya conflict, and the impact of Western detention policies on Al-Qaeda's tactics and narratives.
Readership: Scholars and students of international relations, international law, military history, and political philosophy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780199577576
• ISBN-10: 0199577579
• Artikelnr.: 27861769

Autorenporträt

Sibylle Scheipers is Director of Studies of the Changing Character of War Programme at Oxford University. Before joining the Programme, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at Chatham House, London. She holds a PhD and an M.A. degree from Humboldt University, Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Sibylle Scheipers: Introduction: Prisoners in War
* Part I: The Emergence of Legal and Ethical Standards Before the
Second World War
* 2: Frédéric Mégret: A Cautionary Tale from the Crusades? War and
Prisoners in Conditions of Normative Incommensurability
* 3: Peter H. Wilson: Prisoners in Early Modern European Warfare
* 4: Stephen C. Neff: Prisoners of War in International Law: The
Nineteenth Century
* 5: Alan Kramer: Prisoners in The First World War
* 6: Neville Wylie: The 1929 Prisoners of War Convention and the
Building of the Inter-War Prisoner of War Regime
* Part II: Prisoners in Regular Conflicts - The Second World War
* 7: Bob Moore: The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Western
European Theatre of War 1939-1945
* 8: Rüdiger Overmans: The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Eastern
European Theatre of Operations 1941-1956
* 9: Philip Towle: Japanese Culture and The Treatment of Prisoners of
War In The Asian-Pacific War
* Part III: Detainees in Irregular Conflicts
* 10: Isabel V. Hull: Prisoners in Colonial Warfare: The Imperial
German Example
* 11: Raphaëlle Branche: The French in Algeria: Can There Be Prisoners
of War In A 'Domestic' Operation?
* 12: Huw Bennett: Detention and Interrogation In Northern Ireland
1969-1975
* 13: Bettina Renz: The Status and Treatment of Detainees in Russia's
Chechen Campaigns
* Part IV: Contemporary Problems and Challenges
* 14: Chia Lehnardt: Private Military Personnel as Prisoners Of War
* 15: Matthew Happold: Child Prisoners in War
* 16: John B. Bellinger III: Legal Issues Related To Armed Conflict
with Non-State Groups
* 17: Adam Roberts: Detainees: Misfits in Peace And War
* 18: David Cole: Outsourcing Terror: Extraordinary Rendition and The
Necessity For Extraterritorial Protection of Human Rights
* 19: Alia Brahimi: Terrorist Beheadings: Politics and Reciprocity
* 20: Sibylle Scheipers: Conclusion: Prisoners and Detainees in Current
and Future Military Operations
* Index