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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817880503321

Autore

Krammer Arnold <1941->

Titolo

War crimes, genocide, and the law : a guide to the issues / / Arnold Krammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2010

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-82-16-03357-8

0-313-35938-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues

Disciplina

341.6/9

Soggetti

Genocide

Prisoners of war - Abuse of

Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc

Torture

War (International law)

War crimes - History

War victims - Legal status, laws, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

War crimes in history -- Searching for the law -- The worst crime of all -- Punishment, at last -- The rules change.

Sommario/riassunto

This timely handbook offers an examination of man's history of war crimes and the parallel development of rules of war to prevent them in the future.