LEADER 03805nam 2200625 450 001 9910460773803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-5574-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801455742 035 $a(CKB)3710000000410449 035 $a(EBL)3138735 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001483988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12641623 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001483988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11431127 035 $a(PQKB)11524115 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516676 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138735 035 $a(OCoLC)1080550923 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58532 035 $a(DE-B1597)478658 035 $a(OCoLC)908552382 035 $a(OCoLC)979575377 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801455742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11052035 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL787470 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000410449 100 $a20140723d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife and death in captivity $ethe abuse of prisoners during war /$fGeoffrey P.R. Wallace 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8014-5573-1 311 $a0-8014-5343-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRepertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war. 330 $aWhy are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? In Life and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual role played by regime type and the nature of the conflict in determining whether captor states opt for brutality or mercy. Integrating original data on prisoner treatment during the last century of interstate warfare with in-depth historical cases, Wallace demonstrates how domestic constraints and external incentives shape the fate of captured enemy combatants. Both Russia and Japan, for example, treated prisoners very differently in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and in World War II; the behavior of any given country is liable to vary from conflict to conflict and even within the same war.Democracies may be more likely to treat their captives humanely, yet this benevolence is rooted less in liberal norms of nonviolence than in concerns over public accountability. When such concerns are weak or absent, democracies are equally capable of brutal conduct toward captives. In conflicts that devolve into protracted fighting, belligerents may inflict violence against captives as part of a strategy of exploitation and to coerce the adversary into submission. When territory is at stake, prisoners are further at risk of cruel treatment as their captors seek to permanently remove the most threatening sources of opposition within newly conquered lands. By combining a rigorous strategic approach with a wide-ranging body of evidence, Wallace offers a vital contribution to the study of political violence and wartime conduct. 606 $aPrisoners of war$xAbuse of 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrisoners of war$xAbuse of. 676 $a355.1/296 700 $aWallace$b Geoffrey P. R.$f1978-$01043865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460773803321 996 $aLife and death in captivity$92469135 997 $aUNINA