LEADER 04739nam 22007691 450 001 9910825078103321 005 20120313113548.0 010 $a1-84731-861-4 010 $a1-4725-6567-3 010 $a1-280-12548-9 010 $a9786613529343 010 $a1-84731-836-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472565679 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151087 035 $a(EBL)864050 035 $a(OCoLC)785783153 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000636519 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12260805 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000636519 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10661483 035 $a(PQKB)10978922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC864050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772801 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10534374 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352934 035 $a(OCoLC)893332321 035 $a(OCoLC)785775729 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09258078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6161338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL864050 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151087 100 $a20150227d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA history of the laws of war$hVolume 1$iThe customs and laws of war with regards to combatants and captives /$fAlexander Gillespie 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 0 $aA history of the laws of war ;$vv. 1 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84946-204-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- I. Combatants -- II. Captives -- Conclusion. 330 $a"This first book on warfare deals with the broad question of whether the patterns of dealing with combatants and captives have changed over the last 5,000 years, and if so, how? In terms of context, the first part of the book is about combatants and those who can 'lawfully' take part in combat. In many regards, this part of the first volume is a series of 'less than ideal' pathways. This is because in an ideal world there would be no combatants because there would be no fighting. Yet as a species we do not live in such a place or even anywhere near it, either historically or in contemporary times. This being so, a second-best alternative has been to attempt to control the size of military forces and, therefore, the bloodshed. This is also not the case by which humanity has worked over the previous centuries. Rather, the clear assumption for thousands of years has been that authorities are allowed to build the size of their armed forces as large as they wish. The restraints that have been applied are in terms of the quality and methods by which combatants are taken. The considerations pertain to questions of biology such as age and sex, geographical considerations such as nationality, and the multiple nuances of informal or formal combatants. These questions have also overlapped with ones of compulsion and whether citizens within a country can be compelled to fight without their consent. Accordingly, for the previous 3,000 years, the question has not been whether there should be a limit on the number of soldiers, but rather who is or is not a lawful combatant. It has rarely been a question of numbers. It has been, and remains, one of type. The second part of this book is about people, typically combatants, captured in battle. It is about what happens to their status as prisoners, about the possibilities of torture, assistance if they are wounded and what happens to their remains should they be killed and their bodies fall into enemy hands. The theme that ties all of these considerations together is that all of the acts befall those who are, to one degree or another, captives of their enemies. As such, they are no longer masters of their own fate"--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aArms control$xHistory 606 $aCombatants and noncombatants (International law)$xHistory 606 $aPrisoners of war$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory 606 $aWar (International law)$xHistory 606 $aWar$xProtection of civilians$xHistory 606 $2International humanitarian law 615 0$aArms control$xHistory. 615 0$aCombatants and noncombatants (International law)$xHistory. 615 0$aPrisoners of war$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aWar (International law)$xHistory. 615 0$aWar$xProtection of civilians$xHistory. 676 $a341.6 700 $aGillespie$b Alexander$0256763 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825078103321 996 $aA history of the laws of war$93959438 997 $aUNINA