Unlawful combatants : a genealogy of the irregular fighter

• Autore: Scheipers Sibylle
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II