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Autore: | Scheipers Sibylle |
Titolo: | Unlawful combatants : a genealogy of the irregular fighter |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 355.021809 |
Soggetto topico: | Irregular warfare - History |
Unlawful combatants - History | |
War (International law) - History | |
Military history, Modern | |
Military & Naval Science | |
Law, Politics & Government | |
Military Science - General | |
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'. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Unlawful combatants |
ISBN: | 0-19-175616-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910157840003321 |
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