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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157840003321

Autore

Scheipers Sibylle

Titolo

Unlawful combatants : a genealogy of the irregular fighter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-175616-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

355.021809

Soggetti

Irregular warfare - History

Unlawful combatants - History

War (International law) - History

Military history, Modern

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Science - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The making of the irregular fighter, 1740-1815 -- The nineteenth century: rebels, rifles, and the laws of war -- The Second World War: anti-partisan warfare, genocide, and the rebirth of the auxiliary fighter -- Wars in the colonies: orientalism and the social production of colonial subjects -- Irregular fighters in the twenty-first century: between "unlawful combatants"  and "rebel" auxiliaries -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The book investigates the emergence and the development of irregular fighters, such as guerrillas, rebels, insurgents, and terrorists throughout the history of modern war. It presents a historically based critique of the twenty-first century notion of the irregular fighter as an 'unlawful combatant'.