02784nam 2200625Ia 450 991082808960332120240505201412.00-19-161038-01-282-69830-397866126983090-19-157361-2(CKB)2550000000006685(EBL)480666(OCoLC)551426399(SSID)ssj0000341808(PQKBManifestationID)11226974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341808(PQKBWorkID)10396921(PQKB)11055100(MiAaPQ)EBC480666(Au-PeEL)EBL480666(CaPaEBR)ebr10362179(CaONFJC)MIL269830(EXLCZ)99255000000000668520091023d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPrisoners in war /edited by Sibylle Scheipers1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957757-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Prisoners in War; PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR; PART II: PRISONERS IN REGULAR CONFLICTS-THE SECOND WORLD WAR; PART III: DETAINEES IN IRREGULAR CONFLICTS; PART IV: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; IndexThe issue of prisoners in war is a highly timely topic that has received much attention from both scholars and practitioners since the start of the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and the ensuing legal and political problems concerning detainees in those conflicts. This book analyses these contemporary problems and challenges against the background of their historical development. It provides a multidisciplinary yet highly coherent perspective on the historical trajectory of legal and ethical norms in this field by integrating the historical analysis of war with a study of the emergingInternational relationsPrisoners of warGovernment policyPrisoners of warHistoryInternational relations.Prisoners of warGovernment policy.Prisoners of warHistory.355.11309Scheipers Sibylle719942Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828089603321Prisoners in war3985237UNINA